Dictionary Check: venus
"venus" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early ‘morning star’ or an ‘evening star’
Example:
"before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
noun
goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
noun
type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
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