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Lyrated :: Lyrated (a.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird..

Sparlyre :: Sparlyre (n.) The calf of the leg.

Lyrism :: Lyrism (n.) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.

Phaeacian :: Phaeacian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Phaeacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer..

Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet..

Trichord :: Trichord (n.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings..

Lyre :: Lyre (n.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.

Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre..

Trigon :: Trigon (n.) A kind of triangular lyre or harp.

Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A lyre with seven chords.

Lyrated :: Lyrated (a.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf..

Bullen-bullen :: Bullen-bullen (n.) The lyre bird.

Phillyrin :: Phillyrin (n.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.

Harp :: Harp (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre..

Phillyrea :: Phillyrea (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive..

Lyre :: Lyre (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry..

Lyrist :: Lyrist (n.) A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.

Barbiton :: Barbiton (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

Shell :: Shell (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell..

Lyre Bird :: Lyre bird () 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..

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