Zool. [f. mod.L. Venerid-æ, f. Vener-, Venus VENUS1.] A bivalve mollusk of the family Veneridæ, of which Venus is the typical genus.
1861. P. P. Carpenter, in Rep. Smithsonian Instit., 1860, 259. The characters of the Venerids, the Cyprinids, and the Cockles.
