Galea

== Translingual == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin galea, from the shape of the skulls of these cavies === Proper noun === Galea f A taxonomic genus within the family Caviidae – yellow-toothed cavies. ==== Hypernyms ==== (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 ==== Hyponyms ==== (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 === References === Galea (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Galea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Galea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Proper noun === Galea (plural Galeas) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Galea is the 24648th 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. === Anagrams === algae, algæ == Maltese == === Etymology === Probably from Italian galea (“helmet”), which would relate to families with gladiator husbands/sons. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaːl.ja/ Rhymes: -aːlja === Proper noun === Galea a surname