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n. - An Australian sheepdog with pointed ears; (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.

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  • The kelpie is a working sheepdog, a participator in dog trials, public displays of skill in marshaling sheep into pens.
  • It won't be long until my 14 year old kelpie needs an Emma.
  • The first employee it may surprise some would be a brown kelpie.
  • She encounters the powerful kelpie Whiskey and manages to bind him.
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