KELPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kelpy mean? 

• KELPY (noun)
  The noun KELPY has 1 sense:

1. (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders

  Familiarity information: KELPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KELPY (noun)

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 ("kelpy" 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)