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alpaca (encz) | alpaca,alpaka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Alpaca (gcide) | 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 (wn) | 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}] |
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alpaca (encz) | alpaca,alpaka n: Zdeněk Brož |
alpaca (wn) | 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}] |
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