kelpie
Collocations
2ADJ.
insane
KELPIE + NOUN
australian, fairy, sheep
Definitions
noun
A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.
He was a boy in form, and an antediluvian in feature. Some thought he was a mule, between a Jew and an ape; some a wizard, some a kelpie, or a fairy, but most of all, that he was really and truly a Brownie.
An Australian breed of sheepdog.
There was no sound but the endless noise of forest and river, and the sleep-whimper of his kelpie.
Gulls scatter before the blur of my insane kelpie.
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Synonyms
noun — (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that
- kelpy
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4He was a boy in form, and an antediluvian in feature. Some thought he was a mule, between a Jew and an ape; some a wizard, some a kelpie, or a fairy, but most of all, that he was really and truly a Br
WiktionaryThere was no sound but the endless noise of forest and river, and the sleep-whimper of his kelpie.
WiktionaryGulls scatter before the blur of my insane kelpie.
WiktionaryThe Kelpie, an Australian sheep dog, is an excellent working dog and can muster large numbers of sheep with little or no command guidance.
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