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MARY DOUGLAS LEAKEY
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• MARY DOUGLAS LEAKEY (noun)
The noun MARY DOUGLAS LEAKEY has 1 sense:
1. English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
Familiarity information: MARY DOUGLAS LEAKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Leakey; Mary Douglas Leakey; Mary Leakey
Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)
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