Alpaca

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  • noun. A domesticated South American ruminant mammal (Vicugna pacos or Lama pacos), related to the llama and having fine, long wool.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The silky wool of this mammal.
  • noun. Cloth made from alpaca.
  • noun. A fabric that imitates alpaca, made from various natural or synthetic fibers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A mammal, the Auchenia pacos, a native of the Andes, especially of the mountains of Chili and Peru.
  • noun. A fabric manufactured from the hair or wool of the alpaca, either wholly or in part, or made in imitation of this, used for clothing in warm climates, for coat-linings, and very largely for umbrellas.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
  • noun. Wool of the alpaca.
  • noun. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
  • noun. wool of the 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
  • Word Usage
    "The late Jonathan Silver, and now his widow, brother and daughters, revived Titus Salt's spirit at Saltaire, the factory village built on the proceeds of learning to spin alpaca which other textile specialists believed impossible."
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    cloth  fabric  llama  material  textile  
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    Dhaka  Malacca  paca  vaca  
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