LYRA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, 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.


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