Definition of lucy Lucy

/luˈsi/ - [lusee] - Lu•cy

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What does lucy mean?

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lucy - incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974

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Australopithecus
Lucy (also given a second (Amharic) name: "dinqineš", or “Dinkenesh,” meaning “You are beautiful” or "you are wonderful") is the common name of AL 288-1, the 40% complete "Australopithecus afarensis" skeleton discovered on November 24, 1974 by the International Afar Research Expedition (IARE; director: Maurice Taieb, co-directors: Donald Johanson and Yves Coppens) in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. Lucy is estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago.