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Lucy

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noun

  1. the 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.



Lucy

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[loo-see]

noun

  1. a female given name.

Lucy

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noun

  1. 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

Lucy

  1. 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Lucy1

First recorded in 1970–75; after the Beatles' song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (released in 1967), a tape of which was played in the discoverers' camp during the expedition
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After the victory, Lucy Bronze likened the display from defensive duo Jess Carter and Alex Greenwood - and their team work - as demonstrating exactly that.

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Lucy Moreton of the Immigration Services Union said it was "entirely possible" the plan could come into force next week but warned legal challenges linked to the scheme "could take a year".

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Only right-back Lucy Bronze, with 12, made more line-breaking passes than Hampton's six for England against the highly ranked Dutch team.

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"We can change the structure of the team with so many different players. That's a strength of ours, that each individual player is so good at something," said Lucy Bronze.

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"She just runs into people and bodies them because she's so strong," said Chelsea defender Lucy Bronze.

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