Taurus
['tɔ:rəs]
Definition
(noun.) the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20.
(noun.) a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini.
(noun.) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus.
Edited by Cary--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs.
(n.) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.
(n.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Astron.) The Bull.
Editor: Rufus
Definition
n. the Bull one of the signs of the zodiac.—adjs. Tau′rian pertaining to a bull; Tau′riform having the form of a bull; Tau′rīne bull-like.—ns. Taurobō′lium the slaughter of a bull in the Mithraic rites or an artistic representation of the same; Taurom′achy bull-fighting.—adj. Tauromor′phous bull-shaped.
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Examples
- THE stars still shone brightly when I awoke, and Taurus high in the southern heaven shewed that it was midnight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Coming from the northeast as they did, they were able to outflank the great barrier of the Taurus Mountains, which had hitherto held back the Moslems. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gradually the Ottoman princes consolidated an empire that reached from the Taurus mountains in the east to Hungary and Roumania in the west. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had to be sea attacks because Islam, so long as it was under Arab rule, never surmounted the barrier of the Taurus Mountains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But at the Taurus Mountains the Moslem thrust was held. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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