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LyraThis term has been applied to several instruments throughout history: to the medieval rebec, to the lira da braccio, the lirone, and to the glockenspiel.
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LyraN F lyre; lyric poetry; Lyre (constellation)
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LyraConstellation south of Draco and Cygnus. Has one navigational star, Vega.
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Lyra
(anatomy,dated) 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.
* '''1840''', Alexander [..]
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Lyra
(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.
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* '''2003''', Philip Pullman, [..]
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LyraThe name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus.
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