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Taurus British & World English

a constellation (the Bull), said to represent a bull that was tamed by Jason. Its many bright stars include Aldebaran (the bull’s eye), and it contains the star clusters of the Hyades and the Pleiades, and the Crab Nebula

a Taurus in Taurus British & World English

a person born when the sun is in the sign of Taurus

Taurus Mountains British & World English

a range of mountains in southern Turkey, parallel to the Mediterranean coast. Rising to 3,734 m (12,250 ft) at Mount Aladaë, the range forms the southern edge of the Anatolian plateau

B. taurus in Brahmin British & World English

an ox of a humped breed originally domesticated in India, which is tolerant of heat and drought and is now kept widely in tropical and warm-temperate countries

Bos taurus in cattle British & World English

large ruminant animals with horns and cloven hoofs, domesticated for meat or milk, or as beasts of burden; cows and oxen

Odontaspis taurus in sand shark British & World English

a voracious brown-spotted shark of tropical Atlantic waters