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KELPIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kelpie mean?
• KELPIE (noun)
The noun KELPIE has 2 senses:
1. (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
2. an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears
Familiarity information: KELPIE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
kelpie; kelpy
Hypernyms ("kelpie" is a kind of...):
evil spirit (a spirit tending to cause harm)
Domain category:
folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)
Domain region:
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An Australian sheepdog with pointed ears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("kelpie" is a kind of...):
sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)
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