taurus

general

  1. 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. 2

    (Zoöl.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.

noun

  1. 1

    the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

  2. 2

    a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini

  3. 3

    (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

  4. 4

    Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)

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