| NOUN | object | Venus | the second nearest planet to the sun |
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| person | Venus, Urania | goddess of love / love | |
| animal | Venus, genus Venus | type genus of the family Veneridae |
| Sounds | viy'nahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | 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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| Instance of | inferior planet | Any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit |
| terrestrial planet | A planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's | |
| Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
| Spanish | Venus | |
| Catalan | Venus | |
| Meaning | goddess of love / love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite. | |
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| Synonym | Urania | |
| Instance of | Roman deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans |
| Spanish | Urania, Venus | |
| Catalan | Venus | |
| Meaning | type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells. | |
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| Synonym | genus Venus | |
| Member of | Veneridae, family Veneridae | hard ... / hard-shell clams |
| Members | quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria | An edible American clam |
| Broader | mollusk genus | A genus of mollusks |
| Spanish | genus venus, venus | |
| Catalan | genus venus, venus | |
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