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Aphrodite - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Aphrodite : (noun)
1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient
mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite,
Cytherea]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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