Aph`ro*di"te (#), n. [Gr. .]
1. Classic Myth.
The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
2. Zool.
A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.
3. Zool.
A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
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