kelpies

Variant of kelpie

kelpie definition

kel·pie or kelpy kel′py (kel′pē)

noun pl. kelpies -·pies

Celt. Folklore a water spirit, supposed to take the form of a horse and drown people

Etymology: Scot < ? Gael calpa, colt

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