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| 1. | a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used esp. to accompany singing and recitation. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Lyra. |
| lyre (līr) n. A stringed instrument of the harp family having two curved arms connected at the upper end by a crossbar, used to accompany a singer or reciter of poetry, especially in ancient Greece. [Middle English lire, from Old French, from Latin lyra, from Greek lura.] |