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ve·nus \ˈvēnəs\ noun Etymology: after Venus, Roman goddess of love, 2d planet from the sun, from Latin Vener-, Venus, from vener-, venus love — more at win 1. -es usually capitalized : a woman felt to resemble the Roman goddess of love and beauty; broadly : a beautiful and charming woman or one who exemplifies feminine grace and charm 2. -es usually capitalized [Middle English Venus, 2d planet from the sun, from Latin Vener-, Venus] : the lesser astrological fortune : a feminine temperately cold and moist nocturnal planet the mansions of which are Taurus and Libra, the exaltation 27 degrees Pisces, the depression 27 degrees Virgo, and the orb 7 degrees 3. -es [Middle English Venus, from Medieval Latin Vener-, Venus, from Latin, 2d planet from the sun] : copper 4. [New Latin, from Latin] a. capitalized : a large genus of marine bivalve mollusks (family Veneridae) having a thick oval usually inflated shell with often prominent concentric ridges and with the internal margins finely denticulate b. plural venuses \-əsə̇z\ also ven·er·es \ˈvenəˌrēz\ : any mollusk of Venus or a related genus |