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Aphrodite definition

Aph·ro·dite (af′rə dīt′ē)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. the goddess of love and beauty: identified with the Roman Venus
  2. a silver-spotted, large, brown butterfly (Speyeria aphrodite) of NE North America

Etymology: ? altered < Heb-Phoen Ashtoreth, Ashtoreth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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