Venus

noun

1. 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'

   noun.object

   Examples

   Before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

   noun.person

   Synonyms urania

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

   noun.animal

   Synonyms genus venus

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified.

   noun

   Source: webster1913