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Webster 1913 Edition
Galea
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Ga′le-a
,Noun.
[L., a helmet.]
1.
(Bot.)
The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
2.
(Surg.)
A kind of bandage for the head.
3.
(Pathol.)
Headache extending all over the head.
4.
(Paleon.)
A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
5.
(Zool.)
The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.
Webster 1828 Edition
Galea
GA'LEA
,Noun.