gallus
- n elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- n common domestic birds and related forms
gallus gallus
- n a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
- n a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
galois
- n French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations; was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832)
galois theory
- n group theory applied to the solution of algebraic equations
galosh
- n a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
galton
- n English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
galtonia candicans
- n southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
galvani
- n Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)