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Alpaca

Al-pac′a

,
Noun.
[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.
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.

Definition 2024


alpaca

alpaca

See also: Alpacca and alpacca

English

geographic distribution
of the alpaca
An alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Noun

alpaca (plural alpaca or alpacas)

  1. A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
  2. (uncountable) wool from the alpaca.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ca

Etymology

From Aymara allpaqa.

Noun

alpaca m (plural alpaca's, diminutive alpacaatje n)

  1. alpaca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Aymara allpaca.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aka

Noun

alpaca f (plural alpacas)

  1. alpaca (Vicugna pacos, a camelid of the Andes)
  2. alpaca (wool from the alpaca)
  3. nickel silver (alloy of copper, zinc and nickel)

Romanian

Etymology

From French alpaga, alpaca, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alpaˈka/
  • Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ca

Noun

alpaca f (plural alpacale)

  1. alpaca (animal)
  2. alpaca (wool)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Aymara allpaqa.

Noun

alpaca f (plural alpacas)

  1. alpaca