Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Biology Having a galea.
- adjective Helmet-shaped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with a helmet, or furnished with something having the shape or position of a helmet.
- In entomology, provided with a galea, as the maxillæ of certain insects.
- In ornithology, having on the head a crest of feathers resembling a helmet; or, and oftener, having a horny casque upon the head, as the cassowary, or a frontal shield, as a coot or gallinule.
- In botany, having a galea.
- In ichthyology, having a casque-like induration of the skin of the head, as many siluroid fishes.
- Helmet-shaped: as, a galeate echinus; the galeate upper sepal of the monk's-hood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.
- adjective (Biol.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to a
galea . - adjective botany
Helmet -shaped.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin galeātus, past participle of galeāre, to cover with a helmet, from galea, helmet.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin galeatus, past participle of galeare helmet.
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