alpaca

  • 21alpaca — noun Etymology: Spanish, from Aymara allpaqa Date: 1811 1. a domesticated mammal (Lama pacos) especially of Peru that is probably descended from the guanaco 2. a. wool of the alpaca b. (1) a thin cloth made of or containing this wool …

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  • 22Alpaca — Alpaka, Alpaga , Alpaca oder Alpacca bezeichnet Alpaka (Kamel), eine im südamerikanischen Hochland gezüchtete Nutztierrasse (Wolllieferant) Neusilber, eine frühere Bezeichnung für diese Nickel Kupfer Zink Legierung eine Meerschweinchenrasse mit… …

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  • 23alpaca — (al pa ka) s. m. Terme d histoire naturelle. Nom vulgaire d un ruminant sans cornes (auchenia paco), qui habite l Amérique du Sud. La toison de l alpaca est formée de poils laineux d une grande finesse et atteignant parfois 30 centimètres de… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24alpaca — {{hw}}{{alpaca}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv. 1 Mammifero domestico degli Ungulati, tipico delle Ande, pregiato per il pelo morbido e lungo. 2 Tessuto o filato di lana fatto col pelo dell animale omonimo. ETIMOLOGIA: dallo spagn. alpaca, da una voce indigena …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 25alpaca — al|pac|a [ælˈpækə] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Spanish; Origin: Aymara allpaca] 1.) an animal from South America with long hair that looks like a ↑llama 2.) [U] cloth made from the wool of an alpaca …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26alpaca — al|pac|a [ æl pækə ] noun 1. ) count a South American animal with a long neck and long hair that is related to the LLAMA 2. ) uncount the soft cloth made from the hair of an alpaca …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27alpaca — [18] English gets the term alpaca (for a South American animal related to the llama) from Spanish, which in turn got it from alpako, the word for the animal in the Aymara language of Bolivia and Peru. Alpako was a derivative of the adjective pako …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28alpaca — fine wool made from alpaca hair Fabric and Cloth …

    Phrontistery dictionary

  • 29alpaca — [al pakə] noun (plural same or alpacas) a long haired domesticated South American mammal related to the llama. [Lama pacos.] ↘the wool of the alpaca, or fabric made from it. Origin C18: from Sp., from Aymara allpaca …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30alpaca — noun 1 (C) an animal from Peru that looks like a llama 2 (U) the cloth made from the wool of an alpaca …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English