Category:Taurus

Tau"rus, n. Etym: [l., akin to gr. steer. See steer a young ox.]

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. (zoöl.)

Defn: a genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.