lypomata

pl. [Gr. lyō to loosen; pom a (gen it. pomatos )=alid.] An order of brachiopods with unarticulated shells. Called also lypoma. ly-ra, s. [Lat.=a lyre (q. v.).] 1. Anat .: A triangular portion of the corpus cal losum , marked with transverse longitudinal and oblique lines. 2. Astron.: The Lyre or Harp, one of the twenty ancient Northern constellations. It is situated to the southeast of the head of Draco, having Hercules on the west and south and Cygnus on the east. Though a small constellation, it contains the large star Vega (q. v.), with nearly twenty others visible to the naked eye, and, according to Bode, 166 in all, including telescopic stars. 3. Zool.: A sub-genus of Brachiopod a, genus Terabratella.