Lucy
1the 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.
Origin of Lucy
1Other definitions for Lucy (2 of 2)
or Lu·ci
a female given name.
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How to use Lucy in a sentence
Aiunt hretici temporis nostri quod duo sunt principia rerum, principium lucis et principium tenebrarum, &c.
Orazio Lucis first saw Gemma like that, and he followed us home, and then found out who we were and asked questions about us.
Olive in Italy | Moray DaltonP'urcon is Ignis vel lucis dominus: and we may know the department of the God from the name of the priest.
In each instance it is a vast hoop-like pendant which bears the definition of coron lucis.
The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine | Francis MiltounAneurinus, Taliesinus et Llywarch Hen habent multa notatu digna, et quæ rei istius seculi historicæ multum lucis adferunt.
British Dictionary definitions for Lucy
/ (ˈluːsɪ) /
Saint. died ?303 ad, a virgin martyred by Diocletian in Syracuse. Feast day: Dec 13
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Cultural definitions for 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.
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