Galea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Galea \Ga"le*a\, n. [L., a helmet.]
     1. (Bot.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate
        flower.
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     2. (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head.


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     3. (Pathol.) Headache extending all over the head.
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     4. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted,
        helmet-shaped shell.
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     5. (Zool.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of
        the maxillae in certain insects.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  galea
       n : an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and
           enlarged petal as in Aconitum
       [also: {galeae} (pl)]