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Aphrodite

Aphrodite Meaning & Definition
Aphrodite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aphrodite?

[n] goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aphrodite: Cytherea

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See Also | Greek deity

Aphrodite In Webster's Dictionary

\Aph`ro*di"te\, n. [Gr. ?.] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike set[ae]; the sea mouse. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful butterfly ({Argunnis Aphrodite}) of the United States.

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