alpaca
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alpaca
- /ælˈpækə/
Rhymes with -ækə
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Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
noun alpacas · alpaca
- A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña. Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas?
- Wool from the alpaca, with strong very long fibres and coloring from black to brown to white. A lady in frayed alpaca, carrying a house-flannel, came to hearken.
- A garment made of such wool. The dress was at the bottom, — it was an alpaca, of a pretty shade in blue, bedecked with lace and ribbons, as is the fashion of the hour, and lined with sea-green silk.
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noun camelid animal of the Andes
| Español | alpaca |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 알파카 alpaka |
| 日本語 | アルパカ arupaka |
| 中文 | 羊駝 /羊驼 yángtuó, 美洲駝 /美洲驼 Měizhōutuó, 無峰駝 /无峰驼 wúfēngtuó, 草泥馬 /草泥马 cǎonímǎ |
| Português | alpaca |
| Français | alpaga |
| Deutsch | Alpaka, Alpakahengst, Alpakastute |
| Italiano | alpaca |
| Ελληνικά | αλπάκα alpáka |
| Română | alpaca |
| Русский | альпа́ка alʹpáka |
| Tiếng Việt | alpaca, lạc đà alpaca, lạc đà cừu |
| العربية | أَلْبَكَة ʔalbaka |
noun wool
| Ελληνικά | αλπακάς alpakás |
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Talk about this word "alpaca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alpaca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. alpaca. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alpaca "alpaca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alpaca.Cite this
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title = {alpaca},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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