galeo-, galea-, galeat-, galei-, galer- +
(Latin: helmet, helmet shaped, to cover with a helmet; cap; used primarily in zoology and botany with phases of sense development that seem to have been: weasel, weasel's skin or hide, leather, and then a helmet made of leather; by extension, it also means "cat" in some words)
galea
1. A headache that hurts your whole head.
2. The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
3. A kind of bandage for the head.
4. In anatomy, any of several helmet-shaped structures.
galeanthropy
The delusion by a person that he/she is a cat.
galeated
1. Having a helmet-like part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.
2. Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.
galeiform
Helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
galeomania
An abnormal desire to have many cats around.
In order to maintain a well-balanced perspective, people who have a dog to worship them should also have a cat to ignore them.
—Anonymous
galeophilia
A fondness for cats.
galeophobia
An intense fear of cats (polecats, skunks, weasels); also of sharks. These come from two different Greek sources with the same spelling.
galeopithecus
A flying lemur.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "cat":
aeluro-, eluro-;
cat;
feli-, felin-;
gato-.
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