Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a bull; like a bull in shape.
- Shaped like the horns of a bull. Compare
arietiform . - Noting the sign Taurus of the zodiac; having the form of the symbol 8.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the form of a bull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the form of a
bull .
Etymologies
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Latin tauriformis; taurus a bull + -form: compare French tauriforme.
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Examples
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Diana of Ephesus, the Moon wore the image of a crab on her bosom, because in that sign was the Moon's domicile; and lions bore up the throne of Horus, the Egyptian Apollo, the Sun personified, for a like reason: while the Egyptians consecrated the tauriform scarabæsus to the
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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