Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alpaca"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alpaca \Al*pac"a\, n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian
name of the animal. Cf. {Paco}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) An animal of Peru ({Lama paco}), having long,
fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated
variety of the llama.
2. Wool of the alpaca.
3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca,
often mixed with silk or with cotton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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