HyperDic: mary_leakey

English > 1 sense of the expression Mary Leakey:
NOUNperson Mary Leakey, Leakey, Mary Douglas LeakeyEnglish paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
English > Mary Leakey: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996).
SynonymsLeakey, Mary Douglas Leakey
Instance ofanthropologistA social scientist who specializes in anthropology
paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilistA specialist in paleontology
SpanishMary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey
CatalanMary Leakey

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