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vicuña definition

vi·cuña (vī kyo̵̅o̅′nyə, -nə)

noun pl. -·ñas or vicuña -·ña

  1. a small llama (Lama vicugna) with soft, shaggy wool, found wild in the Andes
  2. this wool
  3. a fabric made from it or in imitation of it

Etymology: Sp < Quechua wikúña

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