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galea
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Galea
(gcide) | Galea \Ga"le*a\, n. [L., a helmet.]
1. (Bot.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate
flower.
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2. (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head.
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3. (Pathol.) Headache extending all over the head.
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4. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted,
helmet-shaped shell.
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5. (Zool.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of
the maxillae in certain insects.
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galea
(wn) | galea
n 1: an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and
enlarged petal as in Aconitum |
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galea
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Galeas
(gcide) | Galeas \Gal"e*as\, n.
See Galleass. GaleateGalleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal['e]asse, gal['e]ace;
cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See
Galley.] (Naut.)
A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as
broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern
nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See
Galleon, and Galley. [Written variously galeas,
gallias, etc.]
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Note: "The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the
ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley
slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering
structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost
equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers
amidships." --Motley. Gallegan |
galeas
(gcide) | Galeas \Gal"e*as\, n.
See Galleass. GaleateGalleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal['e]asse, gal['e]ace;
cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See
Galley.] (Naut.)
A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as
broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern
nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See
Galleon, and Galley. [Written variously galeas,
gallias, etc.]
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Note: "The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the
ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley
slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering
structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost
equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers
amidships." --Motley. Gallegan |
Galeate
(gcide) | Galeate \Ga"le*ate\, Galeated \Ga"le*a`ted\, a. [L. galeatus, p.
p. of galeare helmet.]
1. Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with
a helmet.
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2. (Biol.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a
flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.
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Galeated
(gcide) | Galeate \Ga"le*ate\, Galeated \Ga"le*a`ted\, a. [L. galeatus, p.
p. of galeare helmet.]
1. Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with
a helmet.
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2. (Biol.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a
flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.
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Gallinula galeata
(gcide) | Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of
gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zool.)
One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a
frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are
remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating
plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis
Martinica}, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio.
The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also
called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot,
night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to
it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).
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Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was
formerly believed to be able to detect and report
adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly
domesticated by the ancients.
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dangaleat
(wn) | Dangaleat
n 1: a Chadic language spoken in Chad; uses seven vowels plus
differences in vowel length [syn: Dangla, Dangaleat] |
galea
(wn) | galea
n 1: an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and
enlarged petal as in Aconitum |
genus onychogalea
(wn) | genus Onychogalea
n 1: a genus of Macropodidae [syn: Onychogalea, {genus
Onychogalea}] |
onychogalea
(wn) | Onychogalea
n 1: a genus of Macropodidae [syn: Onychogalea, {genus
Onychogalea}] |
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