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| glockenspiel |
a percussion instrument composed of a set of graduated metal bars, mounted in a lyre-shaped frame, that are struck with hammers. |
| jew's-harp |
a small, metal, lyre-shaped musical instrument that is held between the teeth and played by plucking the protruding end of its flexible steel tongue. |
| Lyra |
a summer constellation in the northern sky, located between Cygnus and Herculesand containing the bright, blue-white star Vega; Lyre; Harp. |
| lyrate |
shaped like or suggestive of a lyre, as certain leaves. |
| lyrebird |
an Australian passerine bird, the male of which has a long tail that spreads during courtship into the shape of a lyre. |
| lyric |
of or relating to a lyre. [1/6 definitions] |
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