LEAKEY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
   Synonym(s)
   • Louis Leakey (what does Louis Leakey mean?)
   • Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (what does Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Leakey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • paleontologist (what does paleontologist mean?)
   • palaeontologist (what does palaeontologist mean?)
   • fossilist (what does fossilist mean?)
   • anthropologist (what does anthropologist mean?)
2. Meaning
   • English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
   Synonym(s)
   • Mary Douglas Leakey (what does Mary Douglas Leakey mean?)
   • Mary Leakey (what does Mary Leakey mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Leakey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • paleontologist (what does paleontologist mean?)
   • palaeontologist (what does palaeontologist mean?)
   • fossilist (what does fossilist mean?)
   • anthropologist (what does anthropologist mean?)
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)
   Synonym(s)
   • Richard Erskine Leakey (what does Richard Erskine Leakey mean?)
   • Richard Leakey (what does Richard Leakey mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Leakey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • paleontologist (what does paleontologist mean?)
   • palaeontologist (what does palaeontologist mean?)
   • fossilist (what does fossilist mean?)
   • anthropologist (what does anthropologist mean?)