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Leakey

/'l/i/k/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)

    noun.person

    Synonyms richard erskine leakey richard leakey

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)

    noun.person

    Synonyms mary douglas leakey mary leakey

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)

    noun.person

    Synonyms louis leakey louis seymour bazett leakey

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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