Alpaca

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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