galbulus - a closed fleshy cone of thickened or fleshy peltate scales, as in the cypress.

peltate
adj.
5< L pelta (< Gr peltc: see prec.) + 3ATE16 Bot. shield-shaped; specif., having the stalk attached to the lower surface within the margin: said of a leaf: see LEAF, illus.
pel4tate#ly
adv.

peltast
n.
5L peltasta < Gr peltastcs < peltc, light shield < IE *pelto3, a cover < base *pel3, to cover, skin: see FELL46 in ancient Greece, a soldier carrying a light shield

Joke on me. I thought a peltast was extra furry hobbit.