lyra

Noun

Ly=ra

WORDNET DICTIONARY

lyra(n = noun.object) - a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega;

lyra, n. [L. lyra, Gr. . See Lyre.].

A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]