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 Scottish and Northern English folklore...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Mackenzie has a very close relationship to Bluey. Rusty is an Australian Kelpie who is one of Bluey's close friends and the best friend of Jack Russell...
- Europe. In the 1940s Alan McNiven, a Sydney veterinarian, introduced Dingo, Kelpie, German Shepherd, and Kangaroo Hound into his breeding program; however...
- 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...
- 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...
- ("the brook horse"), similar to other water horses such as the Scottish kelpie and the Welsh Ceffyl Dŵr.[citation needed] English folklore contains many...
- Isle of Man. It usually takes the form of a horse, and is similar to the kelpie but far more vicious. The each-uisge, a supernatural water horse found in...