tauro-, taur-, tauri- +

1. In Greek mythology, a monster with the body of a man and head of a bull which lived in the Cretan labyrinth and was fed human sacrifices (young Athenian men and women) until it was killed by Theseus.
2. Also applied to any person or thing that devours or destroys.
3. Etymology: from Greek minotauros, from Minos, king of Crete plus tauros, "bull". A flesh-eating monster half man, half bull; son of Pasiphæ, wife of Minos, and a bull.

Referring to a bull.

1. Killing bulls or steers.
2. A killer of a bull or a steer.

A collection of meteors constituting a meteor shower visible during the period of October 26 to November 16 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Taurus.

Because of the gravitational effect of planets, especially Jupiter, the Taurids have spread out over time, allowing separate segments labeled the Northern Taurids and Southern Taurids to become observable.

1. Bull like or similarity to a bull.
2. Shaped like a bull, or the head or horns, of a bull.

1. Of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling a bull; or a bovine.
2. Also referring to bull-fighting.
3. A colorless crystalline substance formed by the hydrolysis of taurocholic acid and found in the fluids of the muscles and lungs of many animals.
4. A reference to the zodiacal sign Taurus.
5. Etymology: from Greek tauros, "bull" (from its having been obtained first from ox bile).

1. The sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in its blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
2. A representation of the killing of a bull, as in Mithraic art.

1. The slaughter of a bull or bulls; specifically, a pagan sacrifice of a bull in honor of Cybele, with its attendant rites, including a bath in bulls' blood.
2. The representation of such a slaughter or sacrifice in sculpture, etc.

1. A bull's head.
2. In the shape of a bull's head.

An artistic depiction of the mythic hero and ancient religious savior Mithras engaged in the ritual slaying of a bull.

The literal act of sacrifice is known as taurobolium.

Mithras is identified as a Persian god in the Zoroastrian tradition and Persian mythology. He was the god of light, truth, and goodness. He is often shown with a bull, which he is said to have slain before fertilizing the world with its blood.

Mithras was the nominal object of devotion in a Greco-Roman mystery religion of late antiquity. Mithras is the development of Greco-Roman syncretic beliefs (union, or attempted fusion, of different systems of thoughts or beliefs; especially, in religion or philosophy), and the name simply reflects the high regard that the Greeks held for the figure of Zoroaster.

Characterized by, or resembling, a bull, as with appearance or manner.

A bull fight as depicted in pre-Hellenic art.

The worship of a bull.