kelpy ['kelpi]
n.
马形水鬼(苏格兰民间传说中能诱人自溺或预告人们将溺死)
kelpy[ noun ]
(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
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Kelpie \Kel"pie\, Kelpy \Kel"py\, n.; pl. {Kelpies}. [Cf. Gael.
cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a
cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.)
An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form,
vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and
lights, those who are to be drowned. --Jamieson.