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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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