| alpaca | 1. <zoology> 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) |
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