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lyrate.

Shaped like a lyre.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Shaped like a lyre.

  2. Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base.

Where this word comes from

From New Latin lyrātus, from lyra (“lyre”). By surface analysis, lyre + -ate.

noun
  1. A long feather with a shape similar to the arm of a lyre, found in the tail of lyrebirds.

Where this word comes from

From New Latin lyrātus, from lyra (“lyre”). By surface analysis, lyre + -ate.

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