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# taurus

«taurus» in Mova's school dictionary: **a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Taurus)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Taurus is a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the shape of a bull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#m1)

2) In astrology, Taurus is a star sign for people born from about late April to late May. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#m2)

3) (Latin) Taurus means «bull». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#m3)

4) Taurus is also a name used for mountains in Turkey and for some products like cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it appears with constellations and the night sky (the bright star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster are in Taurus); in everyday talk, horoscopes and star signs; science teaches that astrology is not a science.

### examples

- Taurus looks like the head of a bull in the night sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#x1)
- The Pleiades star cluster is in Taurus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#x2)
- My sister is a Taurus because her birthday is in May. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#x3)
- Aldebaran is the red eye of Taurus the bull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#x4)
- The Taurus Mountains are in southern Turkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/#x5)

### note

Written with a capital T. Myth trap: star signs (astrology) do not really decide your personality; astronomy (the science) studies constellations. Say it «TOR-us».

### In the corpora

- [Orion's belt points down-left to Sirius, the brightest star, and up-right to orange Aldebaran in Taurus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «taurus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taurus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.