Library / English Dictionary

KELPY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders

Synonyms:

kelpie; kelpy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("kelpy" is a kind of...):

evil spirit (a spirit tending to cause harm)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Domain region:

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

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