An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.

(rare) to play the lyre

plural of lyre

plural of lyre snake

Any snake of the genus Trimorphodon

Either of two large ground-dwelling Australian songbirds, of the genus Menura, named because of the beautiful tail feathers of the male of one species, the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), which can be erected to look like a lyre, and notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.

plural of lyrebird

Resembling or characteristic of a lyre.

A species of songbird, Menura novaehollandiae, endemic to Australia.

plural of lyretail