leakey

1. 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)

   SynonymsRichard LeakeyRichard Erskine Leakey

   Broaderpaleontologistanthropologist
2. 2.

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

   SynonymsMary LeakeyMary Douglas Leakey

   Broaderpaleontologistanthropologist
3. 3.

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

   SynonymsLouis LeakeyLouis Seymour Bazett Leakey

   Broaderpaleontologistanthropologist

Other forms of leakey

plural

leakeys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leakey

What does leakey mean?

leakey means "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)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leakey?

leakey has 2 syllables: lea-key. The stress falls on "lea". In IPA it is /ˈliki/.

What is another word for leakey?

Close synonyms include Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey, Louis Leakey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leakey a common word?

leakey is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with leakey?

1 word rhymes with leakey. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.