Venus
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～ type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
Venus
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～ 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'; "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
Venus
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～ goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
Venus' slipper
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～ any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
Venus mercenaria
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～ an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Venus maidenhair
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～ delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
Venus'-hair fern
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～ delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
Venus's slipper
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～ any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
Venus's girdle
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～ ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
Venus's curse
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～ a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
Venus's shoe
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～ any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
Venus's flytrap
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～ carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects