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

[ Syn: venus ]

goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

[ Syn: venus , urania ]

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

[ Syn: venus , genus venus ]