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[n] type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
[n] the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly clockwise (in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets); "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
[n] goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite