Engelsk navneord: Venus |
1. | Venus (om ting) 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' |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer.
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | inferior planet, terrestrial planet |
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| Tilhører disse overordnede termer | solar system |
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2. | Venus (om person) goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Urania |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | Roman deity |
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3. | Venus (om dyr) type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | genus Venus |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | mollusk genus |
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| Tilhører disse specifikke termer | hard clam, hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, Venus mercenaria |
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| Tilhører disse overordnede termer | family Veneridae, Veneridae |
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