aphrodite

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Aphrodite
    n 1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient
         mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: {Aphrodite},
         {Cytherea}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aphrodite \Aph`ro*di"te\, n. [Gr. ?.]
   1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding
      to the Venus of the Romans.
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   2. (Zool.) A large marine annelid, covered with long,
      lustrous, golden, hairlike set[ae]; the sea mouse.
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   3. (Zool.) A beautiful butterfly ({Argunnis Aphrodite}) of
      the United States.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "Aphrodite":
      Adonis, Agdistis, Amor, Apollo, Apollo Belvedere, Apollon, Ares,
      Artemis, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Balder, Ceres, Cleopatra,
      Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus,
      Dis, Eros, Freya, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Hebe,
      Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion,
      Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
      Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kama,
      Kore, Kronos, Love, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras,
      Momus, Narcissus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops,
      Orcus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto,
      Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus,
      Venus de Milo, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus, houri, peri, the Graces

    

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