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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

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