[Gr. Ἀφροδῑτη ‘foam-born,’ the Grecian Venus.]
1. The Grecian Venus.
c. 1658. Cleveland, Poems, 89. A medal where grim Mars, turn’d right, Proves a smiling Aphrodite.
1867. Miss Braddon, Aur. Floyd, xvii. 155. He sprang from the mire of the streets, like some male Aphrodite rising from the mud.
2. Zool. A genus of marine worms with bristles of brilliant iridescent hues; also called Sea-mouse.
1857. Wood, Com. Obj. Seashore, 99. The bristles of the aphrodite are … worthy of notice on account of their wonderful colouring.
1869. W. Baird, in Eng. Mech., 30 April, 123/1. They differ from the Aphrodites, or sea-mice, in many respects.
