kelpie
| Breed of small herding dog also known as the Australian sheepdog. Bred from imported collie stock crossed with dingo, it is much valued as a working dog. It has a coarse black or dark-coloured coat and is about 50 cm/20 in tall. |
kelpie
| In Scottish folklore, a water spirit in the form of a shaggy horse (sometimes a man) who appears as a warning to those destined to be drowned. He sometimes entices travellers to ride on his back, then plunges into a river so that the rider is drowned. |
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