[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster
see also:
kelpies 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

kelpy
     n : scottish folklore water spirit in the form of a horse that
         likes to drown its riders syn: kelpie
see also:
kelpie 

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