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Galea definition

gālē-ə
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A helmet-shaped part, such as the upper petal of certain plants or part of the maxilla of an insect.
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(biol.) A helmet-shaped part, esp. of a corolla or calyx.
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An anatomical structure shaped like a helmet.
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The aponeurosis connecting the occipitofrontal muscle to form the epicranium.
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A type of bandage for covering the head.
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A Roman helmet.
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(botany) An organ or a part of a plant that is shaped like a galea (helmet)
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(entomology) A mouthpart found in some species of chewing insect, which is shaped like a galea (helmet)
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(surgery) A kind of bandage for the head.
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(medicine) A headache extending all over the head.
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Noun

Singular:
galea
Plural:
galeae

Origin of galea

  • Latin helmet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin

    From Wiktionary

Galea Sentence Examples

  • I, C, ca, st) bearing a distinct inner and outer lobe (lacinia and galea, fig.

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

  • In butterflies and moths the lacinia is absent while the galea becomes a flexible process, grooved on its inner face, so as to make with its fellow a hollow sucking-trunk, and the palp is usually very small.

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

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