Definition of Cytherea

1. Noun. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus.

Exact synonyms: Aphrodite
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytherea

Cysticercus bovis
Cysticercus cellulosae
Cysticercus fasciolaris
Cysticercus pisiformis
Cysticercus tenuicollis
Cystophora
Cystophora cristata
Cystopteris
Cystopteris bulbifera
Cystopteris fragilis
Cystopteris montana
Cyt
Cytauxzoon
Cytauxzoon felis
Cytesis proliferus
Cytherea (current term)
Cytherean
Cytisus
Cytisus albus
Cytisus multiflorus
Cytisus ramentaceus
Cytisus scoparius
Cyzican
Cyzicans
Cyzicene
Czapek
Czapek's medium
Czapek's solution agar
Czapek-Dox medium
Czar Alexander I

Literary usage of Cytherea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"After this rapid examination of the points drawn from the animals which determine M. Deshayes to reject the genera Cytherea and ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1903)
"Cytherea kingii, Hanley. Cat. Ree. Biv. Shells, p. 106. 1842. Cytherea ... Cytherea kingii, Cox. Observations on a Cytherea found in Bass Straits. ..."

3. An Index to the Museum Boltenianumby William Healey Dall, Joachim Friedrich Bolten by William Healey Dall, Joachim Friedrich Bolten (1915)
"Cytherea puérpera (268) 179. Cytherea ranella Lam. (244) 176. Cytherea ... Cytherea rugosa (269) 179. Cytherea scripta (260) 178. Cytherea senilis (270) 179 ..."

4. A Manual of Conchology: According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with by Thomas Wyatt, A. M. Thomas Wyatt (1838)
"Cytherea. Seventy-eight species. This genus was taken from the Venus, and is easily defined as distinct from it by having four primary teeth on one valve, ..."

5. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"JULIA Cytherea: A LEGEND OF THE RENAISSANCE. ITH shadow black upon the convent wall In fierce white light the musing Monk doth crawl ; He sees the lizards ..."

6. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"After this rapid examination of the points drawn from the animals which determine M. Deshayes to reject the genera Cytherea and ..."

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