Meaning

1 senses

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

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: lyrates
Singularlyrate
Plurallyrates

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lymphaticlynchlynxlyrelyricA2

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