- Venus - the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly clockwise (in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets); "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
--1 is a kind of inferior planet
--1 is a member of solar system- Venus, Urania - goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
--2 is a kind of Roman deity
- Venus, genus Venus - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
--3 is a kind of mollusk genus
--3 is a member of Veneridae, family Veneridae
--3 has members:quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria - Venus, Urania - goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite