galea

American  

[gay-lee-uh] / ˈgeɪ li ə /

noun

• galeae
  plural

1. Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.

2. Anatomy. any of several helmet-shaped structures.

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galea British  

/ ˈɡeɪlɪə /

noun

1. a part or organ shaped like a helmet or hood, such as the petals of certain flowers

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• galeate
  adjective
• galeiform
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• galeae
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of galea

1700–10; < Latin: helmet

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

galea

Subgalea: a maxillary sclerite or segment, attached to the stipes, and bearing the galea or outer lobe.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

The maxillæ; end in a tridentate lacinia as usual, though the palpi and galea I have not yet studied.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

Corolla.—Tubular; the upper lip, or galea, little or not at all longer than the lower; small in comparison with the large, inflated, one- to three-saccate lower one, which usually bears more or less conspicuous teeth.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

Mandibles present in pupa, vestigial in imago; maxillae suctorial without specialization; first maxillae with lacinia, galea and palp.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Valve or Valvulae: the expanded plate-like galea of the maxilla in many Hymenoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

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