Tau"rus (?), n. [L., akin to Gr. , and E. steer. See Steer a young ox.]
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. Zool.
A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
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