What is "beroe"

Beroe \Ber"o*e\, n. [L. Beroe, one of the Oceanid[ae] Gr. ?: cf. F. bero['e].] (Zo["o]l.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.

n. (context zoology English) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.

n. delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores

Beroe may refer to:

• Stara Zagora, a city in Bulgaria, which was founded under the name Beroe (meaning iron) and renamed to Augusta Trajana
  • PFC Beroe Stara Zagora, commonly known as PFC Beroe, a football club from Stara Zagora
    • Beroe Stadium, PFC Beroe's multi-use stadium
• a Roman fortified frontier post at the lower Danube, now Punctu Piatra Frecăţei, Tulcea County, Romania
• Beroe (ctenophore), a genus of the Nuda class of comb jellies (ctenophore phylum)
• In Greek mythology:
  • Beroe, one of the Oceanids
  • Beroe, daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis
  • Beroe, nurse of Semele
• Beroe Hill, a hill in Livingston Island, West Antarctica

Beroe ( Greek: Βερόη) in Greek mythology is a nymph of Beirut, the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, and sister of Golgos. She was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon, eventually marrying Poseidon.

At the birth of Beroe, Hermes acted as the midwife and assisted in the delivery of Beroe then the Virgin Astraia (lady of justice) took the infant Beroe and fed her with the wise breast and told her words of law, feeding her honey and washing her with sacred water. As she grew up, she was highly regarded as an outstanding beauty and destined to marry Poseidon. Eros struck her twice with arrows of love and a confrontation took place for her love. Beroe wore no ornaments or make-up, and she was not vain and never examined herself in the mirror. Beroe was a mortal but often her beauty was compared to that of goddesses.

The cigar comb jellies, Beroe spp., are members of a genus of comb jellies in the family Beroidae.