Chelys — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lyra noun A hoop suspended from above, used by aerial acrobats to perform holds, spins, and drops.
Senses
Chelys is used for these senses in English:
- Lyra (constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.
lyra — full definition
- noun A hoop suspended from above, used by aerial acrobats to perform holds, spins, and drops.
- noun A pear-shaped bowed string instrument played upright on the knee, found in Byzantine, Cretan, and other Eastern Mediterranean folk music.
- noun (astronomy, capitalized) A small northern constellation said to look like a lyre, containing the bright star Vega.