VENUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Venus mean?
• VENUS (noun)
The noun VENUS has 3 senses:
1. the second nearest planet to the sun; visible from Earth as an early 'morning star' or an 'evening star'
2. goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
3. type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
Familiarity information: VENUS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• VENUS (noun)
Meaning:
The second nearest planet to the sun; visible from Earth as an early 'morning star' or an 'evening star'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer
Instance hypernyms:
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; the four innermost planets in the solar system)
Holonyms ("Venus" is a member of...):
solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)
Meaning:
Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Urania; Venus
Instance hypernyms:
Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Venus; Venus
Hypernyms ("Venus" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Venus"):
hard clam; hard-shell clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; quahaug; quahog; round clam; Venus mercenaria (an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians)
Holonyms ("Venus" is a member of...):
family Veneridae; Veneridae (hard-shell clams)
