Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Astarte \As*tar"te\, n. [Gr. ? a Ph[oe]nician goddess.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America
   and Europe.

Source : WordNet®

Astarte
     n : a fertility goddess; counterpart of Ashtoreth and Ishtar