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Lucy
1[loo-see]
noun
the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominin found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis: she has been dated at about 3.2 million years of age.
Lucy
2[loo-see]
noun
a female given name.
Lucy
/ ˈːɪ /
noun
Saint. died ?303 ad , a virgin martyred by Diocletian in Syracuse. Feast day: Dec 13
Lucy
Nickname for one of the most complete skeletons of an early ancestor of humans ever found. Discovered in Ethiopia by Don Johanson, Tim White, and Tom Gray, Lucy lived approximately three million years ago. She walked upright, and anthropologists estimate that she was about twenty years old when she died. Lucy is considered one of the great finds of anthropology.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Lucy1
Example Sentences
As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.
And even if all living rhinos were dehorned, desperate poachers could still kill them for the remaining horn on their heads, said Lucy Chimes, a black rhino ecologist at the South African nonprofit Wildlife ACT.
From Lucy’s outward appearance and a quick peek inside Adore’s startup-chic offices, which look as though they’ve been furnished from the expensive side of Wayfair, one would think Lucy is rolling in dough.
Boudica had a lot in common with Cosmo, Freckles, Lucy, Ruby and Levi, all of whom either lost their homes or were forced to move out temporarily.
When her Lucy gets checked out on the street, she hands the guy a card introducing herself as a professional Manhattan matchmaker.
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