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The term "water horse" (also spelled as "Water Horse" and "Waterhorse") was originally a nickname for the [[kelpie]], a horse like creature similar to the [[hippocamp]] that has the head, neck and mane of a normal [[horse]], legs like a horse, [[webbed feet]], and a long, two-lobed, [[whale]]-like tail. However, the Water Horse term has also been used as a nickname for [[lake monsters]], particularly [[Ogopogo]] and [[Loch Ness Monster|Nessie]].<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wpocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ymUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7167,2800965&dq=as-water-horse+and+great+water+bull&hl=en</ref> The name "kelpie" itself has often been used as a nickname for many other Scottish lake monsters, such as [[Each uisge]] and [[Morag (lake monster)|Morag]] of [[Loch Morar]] and Lizzie of [[Loch Lomond]]. Other names for these sea monsters include "[[seahorse]]" (not referring to the seahorse fish) and "hippocampus" (which is the [[genus]] name for everyday seahorses).

 

 

The waters are muddied that bit more by some who identify a creature as a Water Bull which others call kelpie or water horse despite the water bull universally being described as less aggressive than the other two.