Ga"le*a (?), n.[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 1913.