Definition of taurus

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Taurus (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..

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Ariel Gazelle :: Ariel gazelle () A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus..
Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull..
Hyads :: Hyads (n.pl.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun..
Taur :: Taur (n.) The constellation Taurus.
Stakehead :: Stake-driver (n.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen..
Phalanger :: Phalanger (n.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying..
Aries :: Aries (n.) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram..
Perseus :: Perseus (n.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula..
Taurus :: Taurus (n.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..
Taurus :: Taurus (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..
Pleiades :: Pleiades (n. pl.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus.
Eridanus :: Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar..
Petaurist :: Petaurist (n.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister..
Beef :: Beef (n.) An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food..
Taurus :: Taurus (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..
Taurine :: Taurine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle..
Bull :: Bull (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac..
Aldebaran :: Aldebaran (n.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades..
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