a. Chem. [f. L. taur-us bull + -YL + -IC.] In taurylic acid, a colorless oil (C7H8O) obtained together with together with phenol from human urine and that of cows and horses.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 701. Taurylic acid … isomeric with anisol, benzylic alcohol, and cresol—perhaps identical with the latter.
1873. Ralfe, Phys. Chem., 56. Taurylic acid is a colourless, oily liquid, fluid at 18°.
