Definition of "lyra" [lyra]

• The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain. (noun)

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• "They just want holiday, iron clad job security, something called lyra?"
• "The small lyre was like the tenor viola di braccio and was called the lyra di braccio."
• "As late as the time of Prætorius's great work (Syntagma Musicum) the word "lyra" was used to designate certain instruments of close relationship to the viol family."