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Ve·nus / ˈvēnəs/ 1. Roman Mythol. a goddess, worshiped as the goddess of love in classical Rome though apparently a spirit of kitchen gardens in earlier times. Greek equivalent Aphrodite. ∎  [as n.] (a Venus) chiefly poetic/lit. a beautiful woman. 2. Astron. the second planet from the sun in the solar system, the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon and frequently appearing in the twilight sky as the evening or morning star. 3. (also venus, Venus shell, or Venus clam) a burrowing marine bivalve mollusk (Venus, Venerupis, and other genera, family Veneridae) with clearly defined growth lines on the shell.DERIVATIVES: Ve·nu·si·an / vəˈn(y)oōsh(ē)ən; -zhən; -sēən/ adj. & n.

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