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lyramore about lyra

lyra


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lyra  \Ly"ra\,  n.  [L.  lyra,  Gr  ?.  See  {Lyre}.] 
  1.  (Astron.)  A  northern  constellation,  the  Harp,  containing  a 
  white  star  of  the  first  magnitude,  called  Alpha  Lyr[ae], 
  or  Vega. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Lyra 
  n  :  a  small  constellation  in  the  northern  hemisphere  near  Cygnus 
  and  Draco;  contains  the  star  Vega  [syn:  {Lyra}] 




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