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/ˈvinəs/
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NOUN
- type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
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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 - goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
How To Use Venus In A Sentence
- Ye same did rede a portion of his "Venus and Adonis," to their prodigious admiration, whereas I, being sleepy and fatigued withal, did deme it but paltry stuff, and was the more discomforted in that ye blody bucanier had got his wind again, and did turn his mind to farting with such villain zeal that presently I was like to choke once more. 1601
- We observe a reduction in fluorescence anisotropy only in the presence of FRET from linked mVenus and mCerulean.
- With the moon cozying up to Venus in a special way this week, you could be thinking about making a big move too.
- You rather liked parvenus: they had energy; they knew what they wanted.
- Until the middle of September an exhibit titled Eros showcases Cupid and his mother Aphrodite or Venus. 2007 April 13 archive at eternallycool.net
- But with all the close horrors of the Venusian climate let's not lose sight of the view from earth, of the herald of the dawn and the evening star of lovers.
- As for Venus, the dates of Mercurial transits are spaced by six months: they all fall within a few days of May 8 and November 10.
- The pycnostyle is a temple in an intercolumniation of which the thickness of a column and a half can be inserted: for example, the temple of the Divine Caesar, that of Venus in Caesar's forum, and others constructed like them. The Ten Books on Architecture
- The 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado looks like a pimpmobile from Venus. Donkey Dick
- Venus' face is a blurred reflection in a mirror and in Mars (which depicts the unheroic body of a strong old man got up in drapes and a helmet) the face is in shadow.