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Lama paco

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.

  2. Wool of the alpaca.

  3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.