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Lyra
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Lyra has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lyra, n. [L. lyra, Gr. . See Lyre.].
- A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called
Alpha Lyræ , orVega . [1913 Webster] - The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain. [1913 Webster]
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