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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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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Thesaurus Results for aphrodite:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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