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Webster 1913 Edition


Aphrodite

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Aphˊro-di′te

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK].]
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 setæ; the sea mouse.
3.
(Zool.)
A beautiful butterfly (
Argunnis Aphrodite
) of the United States.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aphrodite

APH'RODITE

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Noun.
[Gr.] A follower of Venus.

APH'RODITE

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