taurus

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Tau=rus

CIDE DICTIONARY

taurus, n. [L., akin to Gr. tay^ros, and E. steer. See Steer a young ox.].

•  The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [1913 Webster]
•  A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

taurus, n.
1 a constellation.
2 a the second sign of the zodiac (the Bull). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.

Derivative

Taurean adj. & n.

Etymology

ME f. L, = bull