单词 | kelpie |
释义 | kelpie/ˈkɛlpi /noun 1A water spirit of Scottish folklore, typically taking the form of a horse and reputed to delight in the drowning of travellers.The water bandits need to watch out for the kelpie and each uisge, the underwater sprites which inhabit Scottish rivers and lochs and which appear to unsuspecting strangers in the shape of a horse....
2A sheepdog of an Australian breed with a smooth coat, originally bred from a Scottish collie.Inspector Stephen Marais says he is looking for German shepherds, Rottweilers, Border collies, cocker spaniels, Labrador retrievers and kelpies to be trained in police work....
OriginLate 17th century: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cailpeach, colpach 'bullock, colt'. sense 2 apparently comes from the name of a particular bitch, King's Kelpie (circa1879). |
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