noun a kind of bandage for the head.
2. galea ·noun headache extending all over the head.
3. galea ·noun the upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
4. galea ·noun a genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
5. galea ·noun the anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.