venus

Venus has 2 syllables: ve · nus.

noun. Type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells.

noun. Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite.

noun. The second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'.