alpaca, Lama pacos
(noun) domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
alpaca
(noun) a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
alpaca
(noun) wool of the alpaca
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alpaca (plural alpacas or alpaca)
A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
(uncountable) Wool from the alpaca.
• alpaco, paco (archaic)
Source: Wiktionary
Al*pac"a, n. Etym: [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian name of the animal. Cf. Paco.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
2. Wool of the alpaca.
3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
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