Thesaurus: lyra

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1. n. A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
2. n. 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.
3. 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega. 2. (Anat.) 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.
4. A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star ofthe first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega.
5. n. a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega