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A genus of Camelidae
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vicugna
Word definitions for vicugna in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vicuna \Vi*cu"[~n]a\, Vicugna \Vi*cu"gna\, n. [Sp. vicu[~n]a. Cf. Vigonia .] (Zo["o]l.) A South American mammal ( Auchenia vicunna ) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown ...
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n. (alternative spelling of vicuña English)
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Vicugna is a genus containing two South American camelids , the vicuña and the alpaca . Previously thought to be descended from the llama , the alpaca was reclassified as part of Vicugna after a 2001 paper on alpaca DNA. The paper showed that the alpaca ...
Usage examples of vicugna.
He scouted into his favorite stalking ground, the Vicugna Bar, where Park Avenue met Prospect Park and stage celebrities went to stare at the suave and beautiful visitors from Omaha.
The Colonel, with an indifferent bend of his finger, brought the manager of the Vicugna on the run.
He thought, as he met Flaude at the Vicugna for the third time, that the square-nosed man at the bar was shadowing him, but he forgot it in her young hand-clasp.