Definition of alpaca Alpaca
/ælpæˈkʌ/ - [atlpaku] - al•pac•a
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What does alpaca mean?
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NounPlural: alpacas |
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| alpaca - domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco | ||
| Lama pacos | ||
| llama wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump | ||
| alpaca - a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool | ||
| alpaca - wool of the alpaca | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- alpaca (n.)
An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. - alpaca (n.)
Wool of the alpaca. - alpaca (n.)
A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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alpaca
A domesticated species of South American camelid developed from the wild alpacas.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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alpaca
al-pak′a, n. the Peruvian sheep, akin to the llama, having long silken wool: cloth made of its wool. [Sp. alpaca or al-paco, from al, Arab. article, and paco, most prob. a Peruvian word.]
Wikipedia 
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The Alpaca ("Vicugna pacos") is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in superficial appearance.
Description.
Camelids originated on the central plains of North America.
The ancestral camelids migrated to South America. By the end of
the last ice age, camelids became extinct in North America. The
ancestral camelid developed into the present day wild vicuna and wild guanaco of the Andean highlands (Peru, Bolivia, and Chile) of South America.
Domestication.
About 5,000 to 6,000 years ago the natives began the
domestication of the vicuna into the present day alpaca as a fiber
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🔤- alpaca, noun, singular of alpacas.
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