ALPACA

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• alpaco, paco (archaic)

Coordinate terms

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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