galea

American  

[gey-lee-uh] / ˈgeɪ li ə /

noun

plural

galeae

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

• galeate
  adjective
• galeiform
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of galea

1700–10; < Latin: helmet

Example Sentences

Paucis loricæ; vix uni alterive cassis aut galea.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

In many blood-sucking flies, for example, the galea is absent, while the lacinia becomes a strong knife-like piercer and the palp is well developed.

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

Unâ tantum manu, & non ambabus, securi percutiunt, pollice desuper manubrium in longum extenso ictu regente, a quo nec galea, caput, in conum erecta, nec reliquum corpus ferrea loricæ tricatura tuetur.

From The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de

C, Maxill�: c1, palp; c2, galea; c3, lacinia; c4, stipes.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various