| kelp | 1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. 2. <botany> Any large blackish seaweed. Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. Kelp crab, a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla. Origin: Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| kelpfish | <zoology> A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kelpy | Origin: Cf. Gael. Cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse. An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |