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• 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Wool… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• alpaca — sustantivo femenino 1. (macho y hembra) Lama pacos. Mamífero rumiante sudamericano, parecido a la llama, pero más pequeño. 2. (no contable) Pelo largo, brillante y suave que se obtiene de este animal. 3. (no contable) Tela fabricada con este pelo …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

• alpaca — (n.) 1792, from Sp. alpaca, probably from Aymara allpaca, related to Quechua p ake yellowish red. The al is perhaps from influence of Arabic definite article (see ALMOND (Cf. almond)). Attested in English from 1753 in the form pacos …   Etymology dictionary

• alpaca — s. f. 1. Ruminante do gênero do lama, domesticado na América do Sul por causa da sua comprida lã. 2. Lã de alpaca. 3. Tecido dessa lã. 4. Liga de cobre, zinco, níquel e prata empregada na fabricação de talheres, moedas, etc …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

• alpaca — ► NOUN (pl. same or alpacas) 1) a long haired domesticated South American mammal related to the llama. 2) the wool of the alpaca. ORIGIN Spanish, from an American Indian word …   English terms dictionary

• alpaca — [al pak′ə] n. pl. alpacas or alpaca [Sp < Aymara allpaca] 1. a domesticated South American llama (Lama glama pacos) with valuable, long, silky, brown or black wool 2. its wool 3. a thin cloth woven from this wool, often mixed with other fibers …   English World dictionary

• Alpaca — Alpaca, sowohl das den Säugetieren und zwar der Gattung Lama angehörige Tier (Auchenia Paco), dessen Wolle früher häufig zu verschiedenen Geweben verwendet wurde, als auch gewisse, aus Streichwolle hergestellte, langhaarige Wintermäntelstoffe;… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

• Alpaca — Taxobox name = Alpaca status = DOM image width = 250px image caption = An unshorn Alpaca grazing regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Camelidae genus = Vicugna species = V. pacos binomial = Vicugna… …   Wikipedia

• alpaca — /al pak euh/, n. 1. a domesticated South American hoofed mammal, Lama pacos, having long, soft, silky fleece, related to the llama and believed to be a variety of the guanaco. 2. the fleece of this animal. 3. a fabric or yarn made of it. 4. a… …   Universalium

• alpaca — ⇒ALPAGA, ALPACA, ALPAGUE, subst. masc. A. ZOOL. Mammifère ruminant de la famille des camélidés, intermédiaire entre le lama et la vigogne, vivant dans la Cordillère des Andes et dont la toison est formée de poils laineux très longs et très fins  …   Encyclopédie Universelle