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Taurus definition

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(place, proper) A N constellation between Aries and Orion containing the Hyades and the Pleiades star clusters, the Crab nebula, and the bright star Aldebaran; the Bull.
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Orion and Aries.
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(place, proper) The second sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about April 21
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A person born under this sign.
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Orion and Aries. Taurus (the Bull) contains the bright star Aldebaran and the grouping known as the Pleiades. It is the second sign of the zodiac.
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Taurus is a constellation near Orion and Aries, represented by the bull.
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The Taurus constellation has two stars at the tips of the bull’s horns.
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It has stars where the eyes and nose are, and at least one star that marks the legs.
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Inside the Taurus constellation, you may want to look for the Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters.
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Aldebaran, which is a red giant star, is one of its eyes.
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The Crab nebula is between its horns.
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The Hyades is a star cluster that makes a v-shape on the head of the bull and its stars make up one eye (not Aldebaran) and his nose.
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Taurus constellation can be easily located:
  • In September and October, the constellation can be traced along the eastern horizon after sunset; it appears between Aries and Gemini, for anyone who is versed in the locations of the other zodiac constellations.
  • During the winter months, the Constellation Taurus is located in the night sky of the northern hemisphere.
  • As winter changes into spring, Taurus moves across the sky; by March, it appears on the western horizon.

An example of Taurus is a group of stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Taurus is a sign of the zodiac or someone born under that sign.

An example of a Taurus is someone born on April 25th.

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The second sign of the zodiac.
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One who is born under this sign.
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Used attributively as a species epithet.
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(astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.
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(astrology): The zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).
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(automobile) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).
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Someone with a Taurus star sign.
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A mountain range in southern Anatolia, running parallel to the Mediterranean coast.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
taurus
Plural:
tauruses

Origin of taurus

  • Middle English from Latin bull, the constellation Taurus tauro- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος (Tauros)

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin, from Latin taurus (“bull")

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin taurus (“bull").

    From Wiktionary

Taurus Sentence Examples

  • In 1908 an irade sanctioned the extension across the Taurus to Adana, and so to Helif near Mardin (522 m.).

  • The southern and south-western face follows the coast closely up the Persian Gulf from the mouth of the Indus, and is formed farther west by the mountain scarp, which, rising in many points to 10,000 ft., flanks the Tigris and the Mesopotamian plains, and extends along Kurdistan and Armenia nearly to the 40th meridian; beyond which it turns along the Taurus range, and the north - eastern angle of the Mediterranean.

  • Cyrus managed very cleverly to gather a large army by beginning a quarrel with Tissaphernes, satrap of Caria, about the Ionian towns; he also pretended to prepare an expedition against the Pisidians, a mountainous tribe in the Taurus, which was never obedient to the Empire.

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