alpaca

2 definitions found

alpaca - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alpaca \Al*pac"a\, n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian
     name of the animal. Cf. Paco.]
     1. (Zool.) 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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alpaca - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alpaca
      n 1: wool of the alpaca
      2: a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or
         made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
      3: domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a
         domesticated variety of the guanaco [syn: alpaca, Lama   pacos
         ]