Astarte n 1: an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar [syn: {Astarte}, {Ashtoreth}]
Astarte \As*tar"te\, n. [Gr. ? a Ph[oe]nician goddess.] (Zool.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe. [1913 Webster]
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "Astarte": Adonis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollo Belvedere, Artemis, Ashtoreth, Baal, Balder, Ceres, Cleopatra, Cupid, Cynthia, Demeter, Diana, Dionysus, Eros, Frey, Freya, Hebe, Hecate, Hekate, Hyperion, Isis, Kama, Love, Luna, Narcissus, Pan, Phoebe, Priapus, Selene, Venus, Venus de Milo, houri, peri, the Graces