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Megaderm
(gcide) | Megaderm \Meg"a*derm\, n. [Mega- + Gr. ? skin.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking bats of
the genus Megaderma.
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Megaderma lyra
(gcide) | Lyre \Lyre\, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. ?. Cf.
Lyra.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much
used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
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Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the
tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the
species of verse called lyric, to which it originally
furnished an accompaniment.
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2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
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Lyre bat (Zool.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra),
inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the
enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and
ears.
Lyre turtle (Zool.), the leatherback.
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family megadermatidae
(wn) | family Megadermatidae
n 1: Old World false vampire bats [syn: Megadermatidae,
family Megadermatidae] |
genus megaderma
(wn) | genus Megaderma
n 1: type genus of the Megadermatidae [syn: Megaderma, {genus
Megaderma}] |
megaderma
(wn) | Megaderma
n 1: type genus of the Megadermatidae [syn: Megaderma, {genus
Megaderma}] |
megaderma lyra
(wn) | Megaderma lyra
n 1: large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears [syn:
big-eared bat, Megaderma lyra] |
megadermatidae
(wn) | Megadermatidae
n 1: Old World false vampire bats [syn: Megadermatidae,
family Megadermatidae] |
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