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8 words match “GALOP”

GALOP n.
A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.
MEGALOPHONOUS a.
Having a loud voice.
MEGALOPOLIS n.
A chief city; a metropolis. [R.]
MEGALOPS n. 2 definitions
A larva, in a stage following the zoëa, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.
MEGALOPSYCHY n.
Greatness of soul. [Obs. & R.]
GALLOPADE n.
A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop.
REDFIN n.
A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
TREE n.
of longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and Australia, and belonging to Megaloprepia, Carpophaga, and allied genera. -- Tree pipit. (Zoöl.) See under Pipit. -- Tree porcupine (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging to the genera Chætomys and Sphi…