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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Leakey
       n 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) [syn: {Richard
            Leakey}, {Richard Erskine Leakey}]


       2: English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who
          discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000
          years old (1913-1996) [syn: {Mary Leakey}, {Mary Douglas
          Leakey}]
       3: English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries
          in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution
          (1903-1972) [syn: {Louis Leakey}, {Louis Seymour Bazett
          Leakey}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Leakey, TX (city, FIPS 42004)
    Location: 29.72438 N, 99.76225 W
    Population (1990): 399 (212 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 78873

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Leakey, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    387
     Housing Units (2000): 211
     Land area (2000):     0.556992 sq. miles (1.442603 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.556992 sq. miles (1.442603 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            42004
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             29.725243 N, 99.761463 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     78873
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Leakey, TX
      Leakey
  

















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