ˈvēnəs noun
Etymology: after Venus, Roman goddess of love, 2d planet from the sun, from Latin Vener-, Venus, from vener-, venus love — more at win
1. -es usually capitalized : a woman felt to resemble the Roman goddess of love and beauty ; broadly : a beautiful and charming woman or one who exemplifies feminine grace and charm
2. -es usually capitalized
[Middle English Venus, 2d planet from the sun, from Latin Vener-, Venus ]
: the lesser astrological fortune : a feminine temperately cold and moist nocturnal planet the mansions of which are Taurus and Libra, the exaltation 27 degrees Pisces, the depression 27 degrees Virgo, and the orb 7 degrees
3. -es
[Middle English Venus, from Medieval Latin Vener-, Venus, from Latin, 2d planet from the sun]
: copper
4.
[New Latin, from Latin]
a. capitalized : a large genus of marine bivalve mollusks (family Veneridae) having a thick oval usually inflated shell with often prominent concentric ridges and with the internal margins finely denticulate
b. plural venuses -əsə̇z also ven·er·es ˈvenəˌrēz : any mollusk of Venus or a related genus