Aphrodite \Aph`ro*di"te\, n. [Gr. ?.]

1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike set[ae]; the sea mouse.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)