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Lucy

1
[ loo-see ]
/ ˈlu si /
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noun

the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominid found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis.

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Origin of Lucy

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after the Beatles' song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” a tape of which was played in the discoverers' camp during the expedition

Definition for lucy (2 of 2)

Lucy

2

or Lu·ci

[ loo-see ]
/ ˈlu si /

noun

a female given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for lucy

Lucy

/ (ˈluːsɪ) /

noun

Saint. died ?303 ad, a virgin martyred by Diocletian in Syracuse. Feast day: Dec 13
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for lucy

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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