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"etymology_text": "The dog breed derives from the name shared by the first two breeding bitches (dam and pup), which name derives from the mythological spirit.",
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"ref": "1828, James Hogg, The Brownie of the Black Haggs",
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"word": "凱爾派"
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"ref": "1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 28",
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},
{
"ref": "1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2014, page 4",
"text": "Gulls scatter before the blur of my insane kelpie.",
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"word": "কেলপি"
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"word": "凱爾派"
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"sense": "spirit",
"word": "凯尔派"
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"roman": "ḳelṗi",
"sense": "spirit",
"word": "კელპი"
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"sense": "spirit",
"word": "kelpi"
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"roman": "kerupī",
"sense": "spirit",
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"sense": "spirit",
"word": "켈피"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "spirit",
"word": "เคลพี"
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