Venus (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 17
def the second nearest planet to the sun
def it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus)
def it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
examples before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer
Outgoing links
Instance Hypernym terrestrial planet; inferior planet
Member holonym solar system
Incoming links
Instance Hyponym inferior planet; terrestrial planet
Member meronym solar system

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