lyra noun. ['lʌɪrǝ] LME.
[Latin from Greek lura.]
1. A lyre. Also, any of various other musical instruments descended from or resembling the lyre. LME.
bell lyra: see BELL noun¹.

2. (Lyra.) (The name of) a small constellation of the northern hemisphere, lying on the edge of the Milky Way between Hercules and Cygnus; the Lyre. M16.

3. A gurnard, the piper Trigla lyra. E18-M19.

4. Anatomy. The triangular portion of the undersurface of the corpus callosum lying between the crura of the fornix. M18.

Comb.:
lyra glockenspiel: see GLOCKENSPIEL 2; lyra viol a bass viol tuned and played according to a system of tablature; also called viola bastarda.

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