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Leidy

American  
[lahy-dee] / ˈlaɪ di /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1823–91, U.S. paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist.


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Leidy, 26, is a Colombian refugee who declined to give her last name.

From Los Angeles Times

Karen Parker, a volunteer on site to provide first aid, embraced Leidy as she cried.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m scared,” Leidy sobbed quietly.

From Los Angeles Times

“I don’t think the election will change anything,” said pharmacist Leidy Aguirre, 28, who has gradually stopped going out with friends over the past three years, out of fear of being robbed.

From Seattle Times

Furthermore, the superficially high productivity of the two men caused the exodus of some doing more methodical work such as Joseph Leidy, discoverer of the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton, who could not keep up with the volume of fossils described by the other men.

From Salon