2 entries under this word

Taurine

Tau'rine, a.

adjective

(Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. taurinus, from taurus, a bull; It. & Sp. taurino.]

Relating to a bull.
Of, or relating to, the species of the Linnæan genus Taurus, to which the common bull, or ox, and cow belong, and for which there is no peculiar name in English.

Tau'rine, n.

noun

Tau'rine, n. [Gr. ταῦρος, bull, because it was discovered in the bile of the ox.] (Physiol.) A crystallizable substance produced by the action of chemical re-agents upon certain proximate principles of the bile.