taurylic acid

== English == === Etymology === From Latin taurus (“bull”) + English phenylic. === Noun === taurylic acid (uncountable) (obsolete, chemistry) An acid found in the urine of cattle, horses, and humans, probably identical with cresol. ==== Usage notes ==== Outside a brief period in the 1850s, the term appears to never have been used. === References === “taurylic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.