‖Ga″le‐a (?), n. 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. (Zoöl.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.