{ Ly″rate (?), Ly″ra‐ted (?), } a. [NL. lyratus. See Lyre.] 1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.