[tau.rine] adj [L taurinus, fr. taurus bull; akin to Gk tauros bull, MIr tarb] (1613): of or relating to a bull: bovine
[2]tau.rine n [ISV, fr. L taurus; fr. its having been discovered in ox bile] (1845): a colorless crystalline cysteine derivative of neutral reaction found in the juices of muscle esp. in invertebrates, nerve tissue, and bile