alpacas

Variant of alpaca

alpaca definition

al·paca (al pak′ə)

noun pl. alpacas -·pac′as or alpaca -·pac′a

  1. a domesticated South American llama (Lama glama pacos) with valuable, long, silky, brown or black wool
  2. its wool
  3. a thin cloth woven from this wool, often mixed with other fibers
  4. a glossy, generally black cloth of cotton or rayon, used for linings, suits, etc.

Etymology: Sp < Aymara allpaca

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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