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alpaca::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lama pacos |
| Type of | llama |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wool |
Examples of alpaca
alpaca
In physical structure, alpaca fiber is somewhat akin to hair, being very glossy.
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The state alpaca show in Tallahassee in February attracted more than 300 animals.
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An alpaca crossed with a female dromedary produced a stillborn full-term fetus.
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The animals include a deer, a pig, donkeys, horses, an alpaca, ducks and chickens.
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You may be interested to know that llamas do not produce valuable alpaca wool.
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We breed alpacas and can confirm that alpaca dung is a great crop fertiliser.
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With one, the alpaca will be watching and not eating and will starve, Robert added.
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The Palumbo family keeps an alpaca farm on his nursery property in Dix Hills.
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Exoticmeats.co.uk sells horse fillets and burgers alongside alpaca and zebra.
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- Wool of the alpaca
- A thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
- Domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
- Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in appearance.
- (alpacas) Along with llamas, domesticated animals of the Americas; basis for only form of nomadic pastoralism in the New World until European importation of larger animals in 15th century c.e. (p. 216)
- (alpacas) a thin cloth woven from the wool of a llama, often mixed with other fibers.
- Alpaca is a name given to two distinct things. It is primarily a term applied to the wool of the Peruvian alpaca. It is, however, more broadly applied to a style of fabric originally made from alpaca fiber but now frequently made from a similar type of fiber.
- A natural hair fiber obtained from the Alpaca sheep, a domesticated member of the llama family. The fiber is most commonly used in fabrics made into dresses, suits, coats, and sweaters.
- The long woolly hair of the Peruvian alpaca mammal, which makes up into cloth noted for its soft feel and resilience.
