Defn: Bullfighting.
TAURUS
Tau"rus, n. Etym: [L., akin to Gr. 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
TAURYLIC
Tau*ryl"ic, a. Etym: [L. taurus a bull + E. phenylic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.
TAUT
Taut, a. Etym: [Dan. tæt; akin to E. tight. See Tight.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: Tight; stretched; not slack; — said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.