Definition of Venus
Nouns
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"
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inferior planet
any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit
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terrestrial planet
a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system
goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
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- Urania
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Roman deity
a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
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- genus Venus
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mollusk genus
a genus of mollusks
Vocabulary Lists for Venus
- A-one
- Aare
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- abele
- abet
- Aesculapius
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- Ares
- Artemis
- Asclepius
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales - Beginning »(773 words)
Vocabulary words from The Canterbury Tales, from...
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