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English noun: Venus | |||
| 1. | Venus (object) 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' | ||
| Samples | Before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer. | ||
| Instance hypernym | inferior planet, terrestrial planet | ||
| Member meronym | solar system | ||
| 2. | Venus (person) goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite | ||
| Synonyms | Urania | ||
| Instance hypernym | Roman deity | ||
| 3. | Venus (animal) type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells | ||
| Synonyms | genus Venus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mollusk genus | ||
| Member holonym | hard clam, hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, Venus mercenaria | ||
| Member meronym | family Veneridae, Veneridae | ||
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