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[syn: Aphrodite, Cytherea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aphrodite \Aph`ro*di"te\, n. [Gr. ?.]
1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding
to the Venus of the Romans.
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2. (Zool.) A large marine annelid, covered with long,
lustrous, golden, hairlike set[ae]; the sea mouse.
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3. (Zool.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of
the United States.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Aphrodite
n 1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient
mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite,
Cytherea]