alpaca

Definition of Alpaca in English :

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Noun

1. alpaca

wool of the alpaca

2. alpaca

a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool

3. alpaca, lama pacos

domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco

lama pacos

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alpaca

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noun

1.

a domesticated cud-chewing artiodactyl mammal, Lama pacos, closely related to the llama and native to South America: family Camelidae. Its dark shaggy hair is a source of wool

2.

the cloth made from the wool of this animal

3.

a glossy fabric simulating this, used for linings, etc

noun

a type of nickel silver used in jewellery

Alpaca

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nounWord forms: plural alˈpacas or alˈpaca

1.

a domesticated South American llama (Lama glama pacos) with valuable, long, silky, brown or black wool

2.

its wool

3.

a thin cloth woven from this wool, often mixed with other fibers

4.

a glossy, generally black cloth of cotton or rayon, used for linings, suits, etc.

Alpaca

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n. pl. alpaca or al·pac·as

1. A domesticated South American ruminant mammal (Vicugna pacos or Lama pacos), related to the llama and having fine, long wool.

2.

a. The silky wool of this mammal.

b. Cloth made from alpaca.

3. A fabric that imitates alpaca, made from various natural or synthetic fibers.

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