HESPERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hesperus mean? 

• HESPERUS (noun)
  The noun HESPERUS has 1 sense:

1. a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

  Familiarity information: HESPERUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HESPERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

evening star; Hesperus; Vesper

Instance hypernyms:

major planet; planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)