Definition of Australian kelpie
: kelpie entry 2 Radar the beagle and Taz the Australian kelpie are part of a crack team of sniffer dogs sweeping apartments and hotel rooms across the city to combat an infestation that has reached plaguelike proportions. — David Hinckley, Daily News (New York), 3 Mar. 2008
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The first known use of Australian kelpie was in 1909
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