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venus |
Grep of noun venus genus venus venus venus'-hair fern venus' slipper venus's curse venus's flower basket venus's flytrap venus's flytraps venus's girdle venus's shoe venus's slipper venus maidenhair venus mercenaria venushair Overview of noun venus The noun venus has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) Venus -- (the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly clockwise (in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets); "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer") 2. (1) Venus, Urania -- (goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite) 3. Venus, genus Venus -- (type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells) Overview of noun venus The noun venus has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) Venus -- (the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly clockwise (in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets); "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer") 2. (1) Venus, Urania -- (goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite) 3. Venus, genus Venus -- (type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells)
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