Crossword clues for guanaco
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guanaco \Gua*na"co\ (gw[.a]*n[aum]"k[-o]), n.; pl. Guanacos (-k[=o]z). [Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. Huanaco.] (Zo["o]l.) A South American mammal ( Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. [Written also huanaco.]
Wiktionary
n. A South American ruminant, (taxlink Lama guanicoe species noshow=1); closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.
WordNet
n. wild llama [syn: Lama guanicoe]
Wikipedia
The guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America that stands between at the shoulder and weighs . The colour varies very little (unlike the domestic llama), ranging from a light brown to dark cinnamon and shading to white underneath. Guanacos have grey faces and small, straight ears. The name guanaco comes from the South American language Quechua word huanaco (modern spelling, 'wanaku'). Young guanacos are called chulengos.
Guanaco is an animal similar to the llama.
Guanaco may also refer to:
- Guanaco hip hop, a style of music
- Guanaca language, also spelled Guanaco
- Guañacos, a village and municipality in Neuquén Province in southwestern Argentina
Usage examples of "guanaco".
Five minutes afterward Paganel began to grill large slices of venison on the embers made by the use of the LLARETTAS, and in about ten minutes a dish was ready, which he served up to his companions by the tempting name of guanaco cutlets.
He wore the costume of the Patagonians on the frontiers, consisting of a splendid cloak, ornamented with scarlet arabesques, made of the skins of the guanaco, sewed together with ostrich tendons, and with the silky wool turned up on the edge.
They were dressed in guanaco skins, and carried lances twenty feet long, knives, slings, bolas, and lassos, and, by their dexterity in the management of their horses, showed themselves to be accomplished riders.
His only garments were a species of waistcoat and rough trousers of untanned guanaco hide.
It was difficult to analyze her motives, but she had undoubtedly freed the eleven sailors, and led them over the rocks at low water to the haunted cave on Guanaco Hill.
A fresh series of grunts and clicks elicited the fact that the smoke-column seen the previous day on Guanaco Hill had not been created by the tribe.
Suarez found out from the Indians that eleven of our crew are hiding in a cave on Guanaco Hill?
Gray, she noticed, was not looking towards Guanaco Hill, but swept all parts of the coastline constantly with his binoculars.
Though they strained their eyes and spoke with bated breath, never a sight of boat or canoes was obtainable for hours after the latter were swallowed up by the trees which shrouded the creek at the foot of Guanaco Hill.
If the pillar of smoke were visible at sunrise, and Walker could possibly manage to fire the boilers, Boyle suggested that some sailors in the jolly-boat should sound a channel along which the vessel itself might steam slowly towards Guanaco Hill.
Once we have the canoes in mid channel, we can set most of them adrift, and bring Captain Courtenay and the others back to the ship in four or five which we will tow to Guanaco Hill.
Nevertheless, he warned them that he knew nothing of the surroundings of Guanaco Hill.
Boyle had discovered them as soon as they were clear of the deep shadow of Guanaco Hill.
You heard what he said to de Poincilit before he went to the Guanaco canon?
She thinks Turner might approve of Suarez in his black and white stripes, but the Guanaco crater reminds her of Gustave Dore, who always exaggerated his tone values.