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Lucy

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Lu·cy  (ls)
n.
The skeletal remains of a female hominid, Australopithecus afarensis, found in Tanzania in 1974 and dated at about 3 million years old. Lucy is the most complete australopithecine skeleton yet discovered, being about 40 percent intact.
Lucy [ˈluːsɪ]
n
(Biographies / Lucy, Saint (death date: ?303 ad) F, Roman, RELIGION: martyr, RELIGION: saint) Saint. died ?303 ad, a virgin martyred by Diocletian in Syracuse. Feast day: Dec 13
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Noun1.Lucy - incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
Australopithecus, genus Australopithecus - extinct genus of African hominid
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Lucy [ˈluːsɪ] N → Lucía


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Lucy is monstrous pretty, and so good humoured and agreeable
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
"Sometimes," he murmured softly, "I think that if I had strong fingers - really strong fingers, you know, Lucy - I should want to take you by the throat and hold you tighter and tighter, until your breath came fast, and your eyes came out from their shadows.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
She saw her Aunt Lucy arranging flowers in the drawing-room.
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