Venusian

plural Venusians · alternative Venutian

1. literatureAn inhabitant of the planet Venus.

   The Venusians, unlike other planetary races, were almost like Earthpeople. There was only one notable difference—they had feathers on their heads instead of hair.

   1953 May, Eando Binder, “Interplanetary Tenements”, in Captain Marvel Adventures, volume 24, number 144, inside front cover

   Synonyms: Cytherean

alternative Venutian

1. not comparableOf or relating to the planet Venus.

   the Venusian landscape

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   The robot craft, the fifth from the Soviet Union to land on Venus, is a module detached from Venera 13. It plunged through the dense, baking-hot carbon dioxide atmosphere and touched down in the foothills of a mountainous region known as Phoebe, just south of the Venusian equator and also below the active volcanic region of Beta. An identical lander, from Venera 14, is expected to reach Venus Friday and probably put down on the plains east of the Phoebe landing site.

   1982 March 2, John Noble Wilford, “FIFTH SOVIET CRAFT LANDS ON VENUS AND IS FIRST TO SAMPLE PLANET'S SOIL”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Science

   Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.

   2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban

2. not comparableOf or relating to inhabitants of Venus.

   a Venusian invasion

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   The farms emulate Venus's atmosphere, so as the generations of Taumoeba go by, they'll get even better at Venusian life.

   2021, Andy Weir, chapter 26, in Project Hail Mary, Penguin Books, page 432

3. not comparablePertaining to the Roman goddess Venus.

   Near-synonym: Aphrodisian

   Synonyms: Aphrodisian

alternative Venutian

1. literatureA hypothetical language spoken on Venus.