Leakey meaning

UK US /ˈliki/ 2 syllables

Leakey (noun): 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).

Leakey has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

Leakey as a noun

  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)

    Synonyms: Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey

    Type of: paleontologist, anthropologist

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

    Synonyms: Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey

    Type of: paleontologist, anthropologist

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

    Synonyms: Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

    Type of: paleontologist, anthropologist

How to pronounce Leakey

Leakey is pronounced /ˈliki/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

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