[ˈkɛlpi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a water spirit of Scottish folklore, typically taking the form of a horse and reputed to delight in the drowning of travellers

- a sheepdog of an Australian breed with a smooth coat, originally bred from a Scottish collie


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Origin:
late 17th century: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cailpeach, colpach ‘bullock, colt’. kelpie apparently comes from the name of a particular bitch, King's Kelpie (c.1879)