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lyra(dictionary)
lyra uterina(medicine)

alveolar (iou) and lyra (iou)


alveolar (iou)



alveolar adjective & noun. L18.
[from ALVEOLUS + -AR1.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to an alveolus or alveoli; Phonetics (of a consonant) articulated with the tip of the tongue at or near the ridge of the upper teeth. L18.
alveolar ridge the ridge that contains the sockets of the upper teeth.
B. noun.
1. Anatomy. An alveolar process. rare. L19.
2. Phonetics. An alveolar consonant. L19.
alveolarity noun (Phonetics) the quality of being alveolar M20.

lyra (iou)



lyra noun. LME.
[Latin from Greek lura.]
A lyre. Also, any of various Other musical instruments descended from or resembling the lyre. LME.
bell lyra: see BELL noun1.
(Lyra.) (The name of) a small constellation of the northern hemisphere, lying on the edge of the Milky Way between Hercules and Cygnus; the Lyre. M16.
A gurnard, the piper Trigla lyra. E18-M19.
Anatomy. The triangular portion of the undersurface of the corpus callosum lying between the crura of the fornix. M18.
Comb.: lyra glockenspiel: see GLOCKENSPIEL 2; lyra viol a bass viol tuned and played according to a system of tablature; also called viola bastarda.