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Noun: alpaca  al'pa-ku
  1. Domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
    - Lama pacos
     
  2. Wool of the alpaca
     
  3. A thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool

Derived forms: alpacas

Type of: cloth, fabric, llama, material, textile, wool

Part of: genus Lama, Lama

Encyclopedia: Alpaca