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Definition of Alpaca

1. Noun. Wool of the alpaca.

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

3. Noun. Domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco.

Definition of Alpaca

1. n. An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.

Definition of Alpaca

1. Noun. A "sheeplike" animal of the Andes. It is actually a South American member of the camel family, ''Camelidae'' (order ''Artiodactyla''), of mammals; its Latin name is ''Vicugna pacos''. It is closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña, which are referred to collectively as lamoids. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alpaca

1. a ruminant mammal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Alpaca

1. 1. 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. Origin: Sp. Alpaca, fr. The original Peruvian name of the animal. Cf. Paco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpaca

alosas alose alosetron alosid alot alouatta alouatte alouattes alouattinae aloud

alovudine alow alowe aloxiprin alp alpaca (current term) alpacas alpeen alpeens alpenglow

alpenglows alpenhorn alpenhorns alpenrose alpenstock alpenstocks alpestrine alpha alpha(1-6)mannosidase alpha-(4-O-methyl)-D-glucuronidase

Literary usage of Alpaca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The colour of the greater proportion of alpaca imported into the United ... In physical structure alpaca is somewhat akin to hair, being very glossy, ..."

2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (1851)
"Specimen» of British alpaca wool, grown by the Earl of Derby. Specimens of alpaca wool, from the west coast of South America. and mohair manufactures, ..."

3. American Agriculturist (1846)
"THE alpaca.—No. I. THE following information relative to the nature, ... and history of the alpaca, or Peruvian sheep, has principally been drawn by us from ..."

4. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1907)
"alpaca and its varieties vicuna and llama have the disadvantage of being mostly colored ... The name alpaca is also given to a variety of wool substitute. ..."

5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1843)
"The llama and alpaca are seen domesticated in Peru, but the guanaco and vicuna only in the wild state, except where they are kept as prisoners. ..."

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