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tauromachian |
tauromachy |
taurotragus |
taurotragus derbianus |
taurotragus oryx |
taurus
| taurus the bull
| taurylic
| taut
| tautaug
| tautegorical
taurus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun taurus has 4 senses
- taurus(n = noun.person) andres martinez, carlos, carlos the jackal, glen gebhard, hector hevodidbon, ilich ramirez sanchez, ilich sanchez, michael assat, salim, sanchez - Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949); Array is a kind of terrorist
- taurus(n = noun.person) bull - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- taurus(n = noun.object) Array - a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini; Array is a part of zodiac
- taurus(n = noun.location) bull, taurus the bull - the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20; Array is a kind of house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign
is a kind of constellation
CIDE DICTIONARY
taurus, n. [L., akin to Gr. tay^ros, and E. steer. See Steer a young ox.].
- The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [
1913 Webster] - A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
taurus, n.
1 a constellation.
2 a the second sign of the zodiac (the Bull). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
1 a constellation.
2 a the second sign of the zodiac (the Bull). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
Derivative
Taurean adj. & n.
Etymology
ME f. L, = bull
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