Definition of "galatea" [galatea]

• A durable, often striped cotton fabric used in making clothing. (noun)

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• "It can be purchased by the yard and it's of galatea which is cheap."
• "Mayr postulated that, sometime in the past, a few pairs of Tanysiptera galatea happened to reach this little satellite from the mainland."
• "T. galatea itself occupied New Guinea proper, having diversified there into only three subspecies, despite the great heterogeneity of available habitats."