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Kelpie vs Hippocampus - What's the difference?

kelpie | hippocampus |

As nouns the difference between kelpie and hippocampus

is that kelpie is a malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland while hippocampus is a mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin; a hippocamp.

kelpie

English

(wikipedia kelpie) (Australian kelpie)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Celtic folklore) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.
  • An Australian breed of sheepdog.

    • hippocampus

    English

    (wikipedia hippocampus)

    Noun

    (hippocampi)
  • A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin; a hippocamp.
  • (anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion. So named because of its resemblance to the seahorse.

    • Abbreviations

    * (neuroanatomy) HIPP

    Derived terms

    * hippocampal