lyre : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
  wind harp; aeolian harp.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra), inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears.

Webster 1913

Lyre" bird`

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1. (Zoöl.) Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.

Webster 1913

• noun mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head; found in rocky areas from southwestern United States to Central America
  

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• (Zoöl.), the leatherback.

Webster 1913

• noun garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
  Dicentra spectabilis; lyreflower; bleeding heart.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a lyre
  

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• noun of desert regions of southwestern North America
  Trimorphodon lambda.
  

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• a musical instrument consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings, on which the wind acts to produce the notes; usually placed at an open window. Moore.

Webster 1913