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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lyra

/līr'-ə/ · Ly·ra · IPA /ˈlaɪ.ɹə/
01 n. A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega.
  1. 1.
    A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega.(Astron.)
  2. 2.
    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.(Anat.)