The word "Taurus" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to the second sign of the zodiac, represented by a bull, and is often used in astrology or when discussing horoscopes. Example: "According to my birth chart, I have a strong Taurus influence in my personality, which explains my love for stability and practicality."
African cattle have features of both Bos taurus and Bos indicus, but their mitochondrial DNA suggests that, despite this apparently intermediate nature, they all belong to Bos taurus.
It goes by the name of MWC 480 and lies some 450 light years away in the constellation Taurus.
When the Detroit motor show opens on January 4th, Ford will roll out an array of new passenger cars, such as the 500 to replace its ageing Taurus.
Dr Bradley, though, used mitochondrial DNA to show that the most recent common ancestor of Bos taurus (the western cow) and Bos indicus (the zebu) may have lived as much as 1m years ago well before Homo sapiens existed.'Til the cows come homeIn Africa, the story is more confusing.
The total stomach of the domestic ox (Bos taurus) occupies nearly three-quarters of the abdominal cavity, and, even in medium-sized cattle, the rumen alone can have a capacity of 95 to 285 litres (25 to 75 gallons), having undergone a tremendous growth in early life, with the changeover from a milk diet.
Among the best-known of the moving groups is the Hyades in the constellation Taurus.
Under those kings, Urartu thrust out westward to the great bend of the Euphrates River and intermittently beyond, toward Melitene (modern Malatya) and the ancient Syrian district of Commagene, thus cutting off one of the main supply roads by which Assyria obtained essential iron from the western Taurus Mountains.
Part of the domain of King Tuate of Tabal in the Taurus Mountains had also fallen to Argishti I about 777.
Its eastern boundary on the Euphrates River, at the conjunction of several routes over the Taurus Mountains, gave Commagene a strategic position between the Roman and Parthian empires.
Financial difficulties and the technical problems of tunneling through the Taurus Mountains made progress extremely slow.
Lycia lay along the Mediterranean coast between Caria and Pamphylia, and extended inland to the ridge of the Taurus Mountains.
