Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TAUR'US, n. [L.; W. tarw.]

1. The bull; one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the second in order, or that next to Aries. This constellation, according to the British catalogue, contains 141 stars.
2. The Linnean name of the species, to which the common bull or ox and cow belong; and for which there is no peculiar name in English.