"tarantella" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"A tarantella, I presume?\" blandly suggested the doctor.\nMiss Mannersley stopped, and rose carelessly from the piano. \"It is a Moorish gypsy song of the fifteenth century,\" she said dryly.",
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          "roman": "Tǎlǎngtàilā",
          "sense": "rapid dance",
          "word": "塔朗泰拉"
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          "sense": "rapid dance",
          "word": "塔蘭苔拉"
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