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.