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| * Tauros can be seen as a counterpart to {{p|Miltank}}. Both are bovine-like Pokémon with the same base stat total. While Tauros is a male-only species, Miltank is female-only species. | | * Tauros can be seen as a counterpart to {{p|Miltank}}. Both are bovine-like Pokémon with the same base stat total. While Tauros is a male-only species, Miltank is female-only species. |
| * Despite not being associated with a certain group, both Tauros and Miltank are listed on the same [[Pokédex]] page in {{g|Sun and Moon}}. The same trait is true with {{p|Oranguru}} and {{p|Passimian}}. | | * Despite not being associated with a certain group, both Tauros and Miltank are listed on the same [[Pokédex]] page in {{g|Sun and Moon}}. The same trait is true with {{p|Oranguru}} and {{p|Passimian}}. |
| * In {{g|Sun and Moon}}, if the player has a Tauros with a Game Boy [[origin marking]], [[Game Freak]] [[Shigeki Morimoto|Morimoto]] remarks on how Tauros used to be one of most powerful Pokémon in the metagame of the [[Generation I]] [[core series]] games, in part because it could learn {{m|Blizzard}}. | | * In {{g|Sun and Moon}}, if the player has a Tauros with a Game Boy [[origin marking]], [[Game Freak]] [[Shigeki Morimoto|Morimoto]] remarks on how Tauros used to be one of most powerful Pokémon in the metagame of the [[Generation I]] [[core series]] games, in part because it was one of the strongest and fastest STAB {{m|Hyper Beam}} users, along with being able to learn {{m|Blizzard}} to counter {{p|Golem}} and {{p|Rhydon}} and {{m|Earthquake}} to counter {{p|Gengar}}. |
| * Tauros forms a notable bug in [[Pokémon Play It!]], a game largely based on the Trading Card Game. Once the "Tauros" card appears, either in the player's own deck or that of the digital opponent, the game will shut down or freeze the computer. | | * Tauros forms a notable bug in [[Pokémon Play It!]], a game largely based on the Trading Card Game. Once the "Tauros" card appears, either in the player's own deck or that of the digital opponent, the game will shut down or freeze the computer. |
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Tauros (Japanese: ケンタロス Kentauros) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it is considered to be a counterpart of Miltank.
Biology
Tauros is a quadruped, bovine Pokémon. It is covered in light brown fur with a thick, darker brown mane around the neck. It has a rounded muzzle with a dark brown nose, and three gray bumps running vertically down its forehead. A pair of curved, gray horns grows from atop its head. Each of its three black tails has a tuft of fur on the end, and there is a single gray hoof on each foot. Tauros is a male-only species with no true female counterpart.
Tauros is a violent, rowdy Pokémon that whips itself into a frenzy using its three tails. Once it starts charging, it is unable to stop or change course until it hits something. It lives and travels in herds on plains and grasslands. It will lock horns with others of its kind, and the herd's protector takes pride in its battle-scarred horns.
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
Ash captured a herd of 30 Tauros in EP035, an episode which became banned in multiple countries due to use of guns, leading to confusion for many as to how he obtained them. The first time Ash ever used any of his Tauros in a battle was against Drake of the Orange Islands in Hello Pummelo.
Other
A Trainer's Tauros appeared in The Mandarin Island Miss-Match.
Ethan used two Tauros to pull his stagecoach in Get Along, Little Pokémon.
Many Tauros were seen in Tricks of the Trade in Palmpona Town, including one under Fernando, the Trainer who managed ten consecutive victories in the tournament. Ash brought his from Oak's for this occasion as well, managing to defeat Fernando.
Ash used his Bulbasaur to stop an out of control Tauros in Two Hits and a Miss.
Three Poké Ride Tauros appeared in Alolan Open House!, that were stolen by Tupper, Wrap, and Zip, from children at the Pokémon School.
Multiple Tauros appeared in Young Kiawe Had a Farm!. Two of them appeared and fought with each other in SM030.
A Trainer's Tauros appeared in SM031, where it attacked Kiawe's Poké Ride Charizard, but was broken up by Olivia's Lycanroc and was then calmed down by Olivia herself.
Minor appearances
Tauros first appeared briefly in The Flame Pokémon-athon! as one of the Pokémon in the Laramie farm.
A Tauros appeared in A Chansey Operation, where he was one of the injured Pokémon brought to the clinic.
Multiple Tauros appeared in the intro to Mewtwo Strikes Back being captured by Team Rocket Grunts with the aid of Mewtwo.
A Tauros appeared in Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, as part of the cast for the movie "Pokémon in Love".
Multiple Tauros appeared in a flashback in The Lost Lapras.
Multiple Tauros appeared in The Power of One.
A Tauros appeared in Beauty and the Breeder where he participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.
Mr. Shellby owned a Tauros in Extreme Pokémon!.
Multiple Tauros went on a rampage in A Tyrogue Full of Trouble after being startled by a troublesome Tyrogue.
A Tauros was used by a Trainer in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference in A Claim to Flame!.
An injured Tauros appeared under the care of Katrina in A Bite to Remember.
Nick's father owns a Tauros that he uses for traveling in Celebi and Joy!.
Multiple Tauros made brief cameo appearances in Destiny Deoxys and Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
A Tauros is used by one of the students of Pokémon Summer Academy in the first leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
A group of Tauros appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!.
Multiple Tauros made cameo appearances in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
Multiple Tauros were caught by the Pokémon Pinchers in Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Part One).
A photo of two Tauros appeared in The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!.
A Tauros appeared in The Legend of the Ninja Hero!, where it was used in the Ninja Village.
A Tauros appeared during a flashback in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!.
Four Poké Ride Tauros appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
Two Poké Ride Tauros appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!.
Three Poké Ride Tauros appeared in To Top a Totem! where a driver was using them to pull his cart.
Pokédex entries
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Source
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Entry
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EP033
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Tauros
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Ash's Pokédex
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Tauros, a Wild Bull Pokémon. When whipping itself with its three tails, its Tackle is a powerful destructive force.
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EP035
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Tauros
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Ash's Pokédex
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Tauros. Its special attack is Tackle. Due to their docile nature, they won't attack without being assaulted first.
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In Pokémon Origins
Red's Tauros appeared in File 4: Charizard, where he was briefly shown battling Zapdos at the Power Plant.
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
- Main article: Ash's Tauros
Ash in the Ash & Pikachu manga owns a Tauros.
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Ash's Tauros
Ash in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga owns a Tauros.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Tauros the Tyrant a Tauros, apparently captured in the Safari Zone, was used as a mount by members of Team Rocket. By whipping his tails, he was able to control the Pokémon of the other Team Rocket Grunts, a method that Green easily exploited by pushing it off a cliff and having Ditty mimic its appearance. He was later used in Great Girafarig to chase after Suicune, only to be defeated after Eusine's Jumpluff had Leech Seeded him.
In Quilava Quandary, the Day-Care Couple uses a Tauros to help train Gold.
Pearl later captures a Tauros in Cleaning Up Grimer, adding him to his main team and naming him Tauler.
A Tauros appeared in PASM01, called by Sun via the Ride Pager, to help with deliveries in his job as a courier.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Red catches a Tauros in Rampage At The Safari Zone?!.
Professor Oak is shown with one in Save the Pokémon Zoo!!.
Giovanni is seen with a Tauros in Good-Bye, Pikachu?!.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Shigeru has a Tauros which he caught in the Safari Zone.
In the TCG
- Main article: Tauros (TCG)
In the TFG
One Tauros figure has been released.
Game data
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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When it targets an enemy, it charges furiously while whipping its body with its long tails.
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Blue
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Yellow
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A rowdy Pokémon with a lot of stamina. Once running, it won't stop until it hits something.
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Stadium
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Charges while whipping its hefty body with its tails. Although powerful, it can charge only in a straight line.
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Generation II
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Gold
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They fight each other by locking horns. The herd's protector takes pride in its battle-scarred horns.
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Silver
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After heightening its will to fight by whipping itself with its three tails, it charges at full speed.
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Crystal
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These violent Pokémon fight with other members of their herd in order to prove their strength.
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Stadium 2
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They fight each other by locking horns. The herd's protector takes pride in its battle-scarred horns.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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This Pokémon is not satisfied unless it is rampaging at all times. If there is no opponent for Tauros to battle, it will charge at thick trees and knock them down to calm itself.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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It is not satisfied unless it is rampaging at all times. If there is no opponent for Tauros to battle, it will charge at thick trees and knock them down to calm itself.
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FireRed
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When it is about to Tackle, it whips its body repeatedly with its three long tails.
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LeafGreen
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When it targets an enemy, it charges furiously while whipping its body with its long tails.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Once it takes aim at its foe, it makes a headlong charge. It is famous for its violent nature.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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They fight each other by locking horns. The herd's protector takes pride in its battle-scarred horns.
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SoulSilver
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After heightening its will to fight by whipping itself with its three tails, it charges at full speed.
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Generation V
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Black
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Once it takes aim at its foe, it makes a headlong charge. It is famous for its violent nature.
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White
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Black 2
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Once it takes aim at its foe, it makes a headlong charge. It is famous for its violent nature.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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After heightening its will to fight by whipping itself with its three tails, it charges at full speed.
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Y
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When it is about to tackle, it whips its body repeatedly with its three long tails.
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Omega Ruby
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This Pokémon is not satisfied unless it is rampaging at all times. If there is no opponent for Tauros to battle, it will charge at thick trees and knock them down to calm itself.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Generation VII
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Sun
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Historically, people in areas all over the world have ridden Tauros, but the practice is said to have started in Alola.
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Moon
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Although it's known to be a fierce Pokémon, Tauros in the Alola region are said to possess a measure of calmness.
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Game locations
In side games
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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75
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135 - 182
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260 - 354
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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110
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103 - 178
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202 - 350
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Total: 490
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 70.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tauros
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tauros
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tauros
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tauros
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Tauros in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Tauros in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tauros
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tauros
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Tauros can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Tauros cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tauros
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tauros
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
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Pokémon Ranger
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Poké Assist:
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None
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Field move:
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(Tackle ×3)
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Loops: 8
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Min. exp.: N/A
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Max. exp.: N/A
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Browser entry R-000
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If Tauros spots a Ranger, it snorts harshly and charges with its horns out.
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Tauros can be seen as a counterpart to Miltank. Both are bovine-like Pokémon with the same base stat total. While Tauros is a male-only species, Miltank is female-only species.
- Despite not being associated with a certain group, both Tauros and Miltank are listed on the same Pokédex page in Pokémon Sun and Moon. The same trait is true with Oranguru and Passimian.
- In Pokémon Sun and Moon, if the player has a Tauros with a Game Boy origin marking, Game Freak Morimoto remarks on how Tauros used to be one of most powerful Pokémon in the metagame of the Generation I core series games, in part because it was one of the strongest and fastest STAB Hyper Beam users, along with being able to learn Blizzard to counter Golem and Rhydon and Earthquake to counter Gengar.
- Tauros forms a notable bug in Pokémon Play It!, a game largely based on the Trading Card Game. Once the "Tauros" card appears, either in the player's own deck or that of the digital opponent, the game will shut down or freeze the computer.
Origin
It is based on a bull or a bison and may also be based on the constellation Taurus. Its tail is based on a whip, more specifically the cat o' nine tails.
Name origin
Tauros may be a shorter form of its Japanese name, Kentauros. It is worth noting that tauros and taurus are, respectively, Greek and Latin for bull. Tauros could also be a corruption of toro (Spanish for bull, derived from the Latin).
Kentauros may be derived from the Japanese ケンタウロス centaur, which itself derives from the Greek Κένταυρος. It could also be a corruption of Centaurus, a large south-sky constellation representing a centaur.
In other languages
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ケンタロス Kentauros
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From ケンタウロス, Κένταυρος
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French
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Tauros
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Same as English name
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Spanish
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Tauros
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Same as English name
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German
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Tauros
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Same as English name
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Italian
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Tauros
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Same as English name
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Korean
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켄타로스 Kentaros
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Transliteration of Japanese name
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Mandarin Chinese
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肯泰羅 / 肯泰罗 Kěntàiluó
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Transliteration of Japanese name
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Cantonese Chinese
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大隻牛 Daaihjekngàuh
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Literally "Big cow". 大隻 also means bulky.
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More languages
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Hindi
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टॉरोस Tauros
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Transcription of English name
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Russian
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Таурос Tauros
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Transcription of English name
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Thai
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เคนเทารอส Kentauros
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Same as Japanese name
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Related articles
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