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    RICHARD LEAKEY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    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)play

    Synonyms:

    Leakey; Richard Erskine Leakey; Richard 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)

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