Taurus

(taw'rus.) [ L., from Gr. tauros.] (Ast.) The sun enters this sign on about the 20th of April, and leaves it on about the 21st ofMay. The constellation T. occupies the zodiacal region corresponding to the sign Gemini. This constellation is exceedingly rich. It includes those remarkable star groups, the Pleiades, and the Hyades, and many singularly rich telescopic fields. [s. 880]