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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paco  \Pa"co\,  Pacos  \Pa"cos\,  n.  [Sp.  paco,  fr  Peruv.  paco.  Cf 
  {Alpaca}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Alpaca}. 
 
  2.  [Peruv.  paco,  pacu,  red,  reddish,  reddish  ore  containing 
  silver;  perh.  a  different  word.]  (Min.)  An  earthy-looking 
  ore,  consisting  of  brown  oxide  of  iron  with  minute 
  particles  of  native  silver.  --Ure. 

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