The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Astarte \As*tar"te\, n. [Gr. ? a Ph[oe]nician goddess.] (Zool.)
   A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America
   and Europe.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Astarte
    n 1: an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the
         Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar [syn: Astarte,
         Ashtoreth]