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   kelpie

   /ˈkɛlpi/

   noun

   • 1. a water spirit of Scottish folklore, typically taking the form of a horse and reputed to delight in the drowning of travellers.
   • 2. a sheepdog of an Australian breed with a smooth coat, originally bred from a Scottish collie.

   Word Origin late 17th century: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cailpeach, colpach ‘bullock, colt’. kelpie (sense 2) apparently comes from the name of a particular bitch, King's Kelpie (c. 1879).

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

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