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Kelpy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of kelpie1.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative form of kelpie (shapeshifting spirit).

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See kelpie.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"I hope, at the very least, that the whale can close its eyes and think of a happy, kelpy place, and as he drifts into whatever afterlife awaits him, that he's swum a few good laps, eaten some succulent fish, and given at least one Ahab a run for his money."

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Words that are more generic or abstract

evil spirit