tauro-

American  

1. a combining form meaning “bull,” used in the formation of compound words.

   taurocholic.

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tauro- British  

combining form

1. denoting a bull

   tauromachy

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Etymology

Origin of tauro-

Combining form representing Latin taurus, Greek taûros

Example Sentences

The containers were being shipped to Armenia, but the police managed to infiltrate the haul in Gioia Tauro.

From BBC

“This might be a really great park some day,” added environmental activist Janet Tauro.

From Seattle Times

“A more tragic story of the poisoning of a community would be hard to find,” said Janet Tauro, chairperson of Clean Water Action NJ, who lives not far from the site.

From Seattle Times

In this, it resembles Carpignano’s previous features, “Mediterranea” and “A Ciambra,” which are also set in the Gioia Tauro, a rough coastal town on the edge of Reggio Calabria, the regional capital.

From New York Times

But to know where Carpignano is coming from is to see “A Chiara” as another kind of third film, one that completes an unofficial neorealist trilogy about family and identity in contemporary southern Italy, specifically the mixed-culture, Mafia-controlled port town of Gioia Tauro.

From Los Angeles Times