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LEAKEY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Leakey; Louis Leakey; Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Leakey; Mary Douglas Leakey; Mary Leakey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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)

Synonyms:

Leakey; Richard Erskine Leakey; Richard Leakey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)

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