Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lyra"
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) 1.7 (wn)
Lyra
n : a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus
and Draco; contains the star Vega [syn: {Lyra}]
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