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Tau⋅rus

  [tawr-uhs]
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–noun, genitive Tau⋅ri  [tawr-ahy] for 1.
1. Astronomy. the Bull, a zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Aries, containing the bright star Aldebaran.
2. Astrology.
a. the second sign of the zodiac: the fixed earth sign.
b. a person born under this sign, usually between April 20th and May 20th.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L
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Tau⋅rus

  [tawr-uhs]
–noun
a mountain range in S Turkey: highest peak, 12,251 ft. (3734 m).
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Tau·rus   (tôr'əs)   
n.   In all senses also called Bull.

  1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Orion and Aries.

    1. The second sign of the zodiac.

    2. One who is born under this sign.


[Middle English, from Latin, bull, the constellation Taurus; see tauro- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

Taurus 
zodiac constellation, c.1391, from L. taurus "bull," from PIE *tauro- "bull" (cf. Gk. tauros, L. taurus "bull, bullock, steer;" O.C.S. turu "bull, steer;" Lith. tauras "aurochs;" O.Pruss. tauris "bison"), often said to be from PIE *steu-ro- "be big, be strong, be sturdy" (cf. Skt. sthura- "thick, compact," Avestan staora- "big cattle," M.Pers. stor "horse, draft animal," Goth. stiur "young bull," O.E. steor, see steer (n.)). Klein proposes a Sem. origin (cf. Aramaic tora "ox, bull, steer," Heb. shor, Arabic thor, Ethiopian sor). Meaning "person born under the sign of the bull" is recorded from 1901. Hence also tauromachy "bull-fighting," from Gk. tauromakhia (see -machy).
"What form great Jove would next devise,
And when his godship would again Taurise?"
[William Somerville, 1727]
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Taurus   (tôr'əs)  Pronunciation Key 
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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