Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aphrodite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aphrodite \Aph`ro*di"te\, n. [Gr. ?.]
1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding
to the Venus of the Romans.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A large marine annelid, covered with long,
lustrous, golden, hairlike set[ae]; the sea mouse.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful butterfly ({Argunnis Aphrodite}) of
the United States.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Aphrodite
n : goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient
mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: {Aphrodite},
{Cytherea}]
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