galea

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ga=le=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

galea, n. [L., a helmet.].

•  The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of bandage for the head.  [1913 Webster]
•  Headache extending all over the head.  [1913 Webster]
•  A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.  [1913 Webster]
•  The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

galea, n. (pl. galeae or -as) Bot. & Zool. a structure like a helmet in shape, form, or function.

Derivative

galeate adj. galeated adj.

Etymology

L, = helmet