Definitions of Venus
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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
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inferior planet
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goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
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synonyms:
Urania
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Roman deity
a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
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Roman deity
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type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
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synonyms:
genus Venus
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type of:
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mollusk genus
a genus of mollusks
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mollusk genus
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