Venus
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- inferior planet instance hypernym
- terrestrial planet instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- solar system member holonym
Sense 2 noun
goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
Types & categories
- Roman deity instance hypernym
Sense 3 noun
type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
Types & categories
- mollusk genus hypernym
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | solar system |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | inferior planet |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | terrestrial planet |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | Roman deity |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Veneridae |
| 3 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | hard clam |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mollusk genus |