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

It is the Dolium galea, good friends, and we could tell you six other kinds that are suspected of this meanness.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 34, November 19, 1870 by Various

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

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

Mala maxillae: the globes of maxilla; outer or galea, inner or lacinia; where only one is present, the term refers to that one.

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

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

The galea, or middle division, forms a simple lobe, while the lacinia has two large chitinous teeth on the inner edge, and internally four or five hairs arising from a thin edge.

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