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Ly⋅cra

[lahy-kruh]
Trademark.
a brand of spandex.
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Ly·cra   (lī'krə)   
A trademark used for a brand of spandex.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Lycra 
elastic polyurethane fiber, 1958, proprietary name (reg. by E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del., U.S.) of an elastic polyurethane fiber.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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