canters

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A form of canter — A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

canters1

noun
  1. pluralplural of canter
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of canter

Canters2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Canter

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