n09470762
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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