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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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);
[syn: Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey]

2. English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996);
[syn: Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey]

3. English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972);
[syn: Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Leakey n 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) [syn: Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey] 2: English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996) [syn: Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey] 3: English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972) [syn: Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Leakey, TX -- U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 387 Housing Units (2000): 211 Land area (2000): 0.556992 sq. miles (1.442603 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.556992 sq. miles (1.442603 sq. km) FIPS code: 42004 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 29.725243 N, 99.761463 W ZIP Codes (1990): 78873 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Leakey, TX Leakey