SINCE 1828
bell-lyra
noun
bell-ly·ra
| \ ˈbel-ˈlī-rə
\
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variants:
or bell lyre \ -ˌlī(-ə)r
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Definition of bell-lyra
: a glockenspiel mounted in a portable lyre-shaped frame and used especially in marching bands
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