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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Aries :: Aries (n.) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram..
Petaurist :: Petaurist (n.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister..
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..
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..
Taurus :: Taurus (n.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
Taur :: Taur (n.) The constellation Taurus.
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..
Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull..
Ariel Gazelle :: Ariel gazelle () A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus..
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..
Eridanus :: Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar..
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..
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..
Bull :: Bull (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac..
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.
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..
Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..
Taurine :: Taurine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle..
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