Definition of Kelpie. Meaning of Kelpie. Synonyms of Kelpie

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Definition of Kelpie

Kelpie
Kelpie Kel"pie, Kelpy Kel"py, n.; pl. Kelpies. [Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. --Jamieson.

Meaning of Kelpie from wikipedia

- A kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: each-uisge), is a mythical shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually...
- The Australian Kelpie, or simply Kelpie, is an Australian sheepdog capable of mustering and droving with little or no guidance. It is a medium-sized dog...
- Uisce, the bäckahäst, each-uisge, and kelpie. The term "water horse" was originally a name given to the kelpie, a creature similar to the hippocamp, which...
- the animals forward. Typically, they stay behind the herd. The Australian Kelpie and Australian Koolie use both these methods and also run along the backs...
- Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979) was a kelpie/cattle dog cross that was well known for his travels through Western Australia's vast Pilbara region...
- Anthony David Parsons OAM is an Australian author and kelpie breeder. He founded the well-known Kelpie stud “Karrawarra” in 1950 and has gone on to become...
- by Louis de Bernières charting the life of a po****r dog, a "Red Cloud Kelpie" nicknamed Red Dog, in Dampier, Western Australia. A movie based on the...
- producing several litters. Kelpie later mated with another male named 'Caesar', producing a female pup named 'King's Kelpie' which grew to become a champion...
- blue merle Collies, long like the Border Collie, short like the working Kelpie,  and medium in size like the German Tiger. The Koolie coat ranges from...
- to several different forms and fables throughout the country. The name kelpie may be derived from the Scottish Gaelic calpa or cailpeach, meaning "heifer"...