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type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells 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 goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite |
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