venus

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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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'
noun goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
noun type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.

“Daughter,” said the Venus Annodomini. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
Vulcano: Vulcan, the husband of Venus. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
"Mercury and Venus have no moons. — De La Salle Fifth Reader, Christian Brothers

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