1. 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
2. Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite Noun
3. Type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells Noun