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backed(medicine)
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roach-backed(medicine)
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saddle-backed(medicine)

lyra (iou) and Backed in - General (gambling)


lyra (iou)



lyra noun. LME.
[Latin from Greek lura.]
A lyre. Also, any of various Other musical instruments descended from or resembling the lyre. LME.
bell lyra: see BELL noun1.
(Lyra.) (The name of) a small constellation of the northern hemisphere, lying on the edge of the Milky Way between Hercules and Cygnus; the Lyre. M16.
A gurnard, the piper Trigla lyra. E18-M19.
Anatomy. The triangular portion of the undersurface of the corpus callosum lying between the crura of the fornix. M18.
Comb.: lyra glockenspiel: see GLOCKENSPIEL 2; lyra viol a bass viol tuned and played according to a system of tablature; also called viola bastarda.

Backed in - General (gambling)


See shorten. A horse which is backed in means that investors have outlaid a lot of money on that horse, with the result being a decrease in the odds offered.