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Pronunciation : Tau"rus
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L., akin to Gr. steer. See Steer a young ox.]
Definition : 1. (Astron.) (a) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [taurus] in almanacs. (b) 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.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913