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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ga·lea /ˈgeliə/
 盔瓣

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ga·lea /ˈgelɪæ, ˈgæl-/ 名詞
 外顎葉(昆蟲),外葉,螯鞘(蜱顢),盔瓣(花)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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. Zool. The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 galea
      n : an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and
          enlarged petal as in Aconitum
      [also: galeae (pl)]