Dictionary entry

Galeate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Ga″le‐ate (?), 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.

2. (Biol.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.