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alpaca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun alpaca has 3 senses
- alpaca(n = noun.substance) Array - wool of the alpaca; Array is a kind of wool
- alpaca(n = noun.artifact) Array - a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool; Array is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile
- alpaca(n = noun.animal) lama pacos - domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco; Array is a kind of llama
is a member of genus lama, lama
CIDE DICTIONARY
alpaca, n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian name of the animal. Cf. Paco.].
- An animal of Peru (
Lama paco ), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. [1913 Webster] - Wool of the alpaca. [1913 Webster]
- A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
alpaca, n.
1 a S. American mammal, Lama pacos, related to the llama, with long shaggy hair.
2 the wool from the animal.
3 fabric made from the wool, with or without other fibres.
1 a S. American mammal, Lama pacos, related to the llama, with long shaggy hair.
2 the wool from the animal.
3 fabric made from the wool, with or without other fibres.
Etymology
Sp. f. Aymar{aacute} or Quechua
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