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alpaca

  • noun
  • /ælˈpækə/

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

Other meanings

  1. Wool from the alpaca, with strong very long fibres and coloring from black to brown to white.

  2. A garment made of such wool.

A kind of

  • wool

Related words

  • alpaca back and sides

Word history

From Spanish "alpaca".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “alpaca” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.