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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus;
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike set[ae]; the sea mouse. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. [1913 Webster]
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]