Galea

Learned borrowing from Latin galea, from the shape of the skulls of these cavies

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – yellow-toothed cavies.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha – suborder; Hystricognathi – infraorder; Caviomorpha – infraorder; Caviidae – family; Caviinae – subfamily

• (genus): Galea musteloides (common yellow-toothed cavy) – type species; Galea leucoblephara (lowland yellow-toothed cavy); Galea spixii (Spix's yellow-toothed cavy) – selected other species

• Galea (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Galea (plural Galeas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Galea is the 24648^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1013 individuals. Galea is most common among White (85.0%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.14%) individuals.

• algae, algæ

Probably from Italian galea (“helmet”), which would relate to families with gladiator husbands/sons.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːl.ja/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -aːlja

Galea

1. a surname