Kelpie

3 definitions found

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kelpie
       n 1: (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that
            likes to drown its riders [syn: {kelpy}]
       2: an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "kelpie":
     Davy, Davy Jones, Neptune, Nereid, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon,
     Thetis, Triton, fresh-water nymph, limniad, man fish, mermaid,
     merman, naiad, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, sea nymph, sea-maid,
     sea-maiden, siren, undine, water god, water spirit, water sprite