Found 2 items, similar to Alpaca.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: alpaca
alpaca
n 1: wool of the alpaca
2: a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the alpaca, or a
rayon or cotton imitation
3: domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a
domesticated variety of the guanaco [syn:
Lama pacos]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alpaca
Alpaca
\Al*pac"a\, n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian
name of the animal. Cf.
Paco.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) An animal of Peru (
Lama paco), having long,
fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated
variety of the llama.
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2. Wool of the alpaca.
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3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca,
often mixed with silk or with cotton.
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