GALEA: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Matching Terms: | | Gale, Galeas, Galeate, Galeed, Galega, Galega officinalis, Galei, Galen, Galena, Galenic, Galenism, Galenist, Galenite, Galeocerdo, Galeocerdo cuvieri, Gale-opithecus, Galeopsis, Galeopsis tetrahit, Galeorhinus, Galeorhinus zyopterus, Galeras, galere, Galericu-late, Galerite
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| | Definition: | | \Ga"le*a\, n.[L., a helmet. ]
1. (Bot.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate
flower.
2. (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head.
3. (Pathol.) Headache extending all over the head.
4. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted,
helmet-shaped shell.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint
of the maxillae in certain insects.
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