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lyra

noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about lyra at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.

noun

  1. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.

noun

  1. A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
  2. A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.

Origin

So called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.

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