ˌafrōˈdīd.ē, -rəˈ-, -ītē, -i noun
Etymology: New Latin, after Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, from Greek Aphroditē
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Aphroditidae) of large marine polychaetous annelids covered with long lustrous golden hairlike setae — compare sea mouse
2. -s sometimes capitalized
[New Latin (specific epithet of Argynnis aphrodite ), after Aphrodite, goddess]
: a brown black-spotted butterfly ( Speyeria aphrodite ) of the United States with silver spots on the underside
3. -s often capitalized
[after Aphrodite, goddess]
: a light bluish green that is greener and deeper than average aqua green (sense 1) or robin's-egg blue (sense 2) and greener and darker than average turquoise green