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单词 Venusian
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Venus /vēˈnəs/

noun
  1. The goddess of love, orig of spring, patron of flower-gardens, later identified with the Greek Aphrodite (Roman myth)
  2. The most brilliant of the planets, second in order from the sun
  3. Copper (alchemy)
  4. An alluring grace, beauty (obsolete)
  5. Venery (obsolete)
  6. (also without cap) a mollusc of a genus (Venus) of lamellibranch molluscs, including the quahog, or of related genera (Veˈnus-shellˈ a shell, or mollusc, of the genus)
ORIGIN: L, orig personified from venus, veneris desire; related to venerāri to worship

Venusian /ven-ooˈzi-ən or ven-ūˈ/, less commonly Venutian /ven-ooˈshi-ən or ven-ūˈ/ noun and adjective

(in science fiction, an inhabitant) of the planet Venus

Venus flytrap or Venus's flytrap noun

An insectivorous plant with hinged leaves that snap shut on insects that land on them

Venus's comb noun

An umbelliferous plant (Scandix pecten-Veneris) with long-beaked fruits set like comb teeth

Venus's flowerbasket noun

A deep-sea sponge with a skeleton of glassy spicules

Venus's girdle noun

A ribbonlike gelatinous sea creature

Venus's looking-glass noun

A garden plant (genus Specularia) with small bright flowers

girdle of Venus (palmistry)

A line on the palm forming a semicircle from between the first and second to between the third and fourth fingers, apparently indicative of a hysterical and desponding temperament

mount of Venus

  1. The elevation at the base of the thumb
  2. The mons Veneris or mons pubis (qqv)

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