4. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped
shell.
5. (Zoˆl.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the
maxillae in certain insects.
Gal"e*as (?), n. See Galleass.
{ 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.
||Ga"le*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Galeus, name of one genus, fr. Gr. &?;
||a kind of shark.] (Zoˆl.) That division of elasmobranch fishes which
||includes the sharks.
Ga*le"na (?), n.[L. galena lead ore, dross that remains after melting
lead: cf. F. galËne sulphide of lead ore, antidote to poison, stillness
of the sea, calm, tranquility.]