aphrodite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
    Cytherea.

WordNet

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

Webster 1913