English
lyra
see also: Lyra
Noun

lyra

  1. (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 Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine: Volume 1 (page 295)
      The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.
Noun

lyra (plural lyras)

  1. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.
Lyra
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈlaɪ.ɹə/, /ˈlɪ(ə)ɹ.ə/
Proper noun
  1. (constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.
  2. (rare) A female given name
    • 2003, Philip Pullman, Lyra's Oxford
      A little parapet ran all the way around the square roof, and Pantalaimon often draped his pine-marten form over the mock-battlements on the corner facing south, and dozed while Lyra sat below with her back against the sun-drenched stone, studying the books she'd brought up with her.
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