taurine

Adjective (1)

taurine (comparative more taurine, superlative most taurine)

1. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
   • I am the Ionian Minotaur, the mightiest
     Of all Europa’s taurine progeny—
     I am the old traditional Man-Bull;1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts

Noun

IPA/ˈtɔːɹiːn/

taurine (uncountable)

1. An amino-sulfonic acid, NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.
   • Researchers found that a high daily dose of taurine, an amino acid commonly added to energy drinks and naturally found in various foods, helped to delay death and mitigate against the biological ravages of aging.2023 June 8, Elie Dolgin, “From Energy Drinks to Extending Life? Supplement Slows Aging in Mice and Monkeys”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   tauric acid

Adjective (2) capitalized: Taurine

Taurine (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the zodiacal sign Taurus.
   • Although it would seem that later Hindu Zodiacs began with the Ram also, established perhaps through Greek influence, yet early astromers testify to an ancient order in which Aquarius, on the banks of the Ganges, as in China, marked the Winter Solstice, an arrangement which as we have seen in our...1913, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, Popular Astronomy, volume 21, page 158
   • Just as the world recently moved from a "Taurine Age" to a "Piscean Age," we are now in that hazy astrological area where the "Piscean Age" is ending and an "Aquarian Age" is beginning.1990, Joyce Wilson, Canadian Book Review Annual, page 94

   Synonyms:

   Taurean