Definition of venus
English to English noun - the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
Before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer.
source: WordNet 3.0 - goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
source: WordNet 3.0 - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
source: WordNet 3.0 - The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified.
source: Webster 1913
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