Defn: A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
LYRAID
Ly"ra*id, n. (Astron.)
Defn: Same as Lyrid.
LYRATE; LYRATED
Ly"rate, Ly"ra*ted, a. Etym: [NL. lyratus. See Lyre.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.