taurocholicacid

The same as BILIN (q. v.). The name taurocholic-acid is now more generally tâu-rô-coll, tâu-ro-col-la, s. [Gr. tauros a bull, and kolla =glue.] A gluey substance made from a bull's hide. *tâu-ro-mā-chi-a, *tâu-rom-a-chy, s . [Cr. tauros a bull, and mache a battle, a fight.] A public bull-fight. "Doing as much mischief as the most exigeant votary of tauromachy could desire."- St . James's Gazette , May 11, 1887. IMG:content-0846.png:[blocks in formation] (1) The Bull. The second of the zodiacal constel. lations. It is bounded on the east by Gemini, on the west by Aries, on the north by Perseus and Auriga, and on the south by Orion and Eridanus, It is composed of many small stars, but has a large one (Aldebaran) situated in the midst of a group called the Hyades. They constitute the Bull's forehead and eye. Another group falling within the limits of Taurus is that of the Pleiades (q. v.). It is situated on the shoulder of the Bull. Taurus contains also the Crab cluster. 2. The second sign of the zodiac (8). The sun enters it about the twenty-second of April. *2. Zool.: A lapsed genus of Bovide. †Taurus-Poniatowski, s . Astron.: A constellation proposed by the Abbé Poczobut. It is between Aquila and Ophiuchus, but not generally adopted.