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venus
 
Noun venus has 3 senses
  1. Venus - the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly clockwise (in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets); "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
    --1 is a kind of     inferior planet
    --1 is a member of solar system
  2. Venus, Urania - goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
    --2 is a kind of Roman deity
  3. Venus, genus Venus - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
    --3 is a kind of mollusk genus
    --3 is a member of Veneridae, family Veneridae
    --3 has members:
     quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria
venu venue venues venula venule venules venurable venus-mars venus venus -hair fern venus maidenhair venus mercenaria venus mound venus s venus s curse venus s flower basket venus s flytrap

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