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vicuna::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | vicugna vicugna |
| Type of | even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal, artiodactyl |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wool |
Examples of vicuna
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Alpaca, along with vicuna and llama, are the three camelids native to Peru.
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Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff took only a cashmere-and-vicuna topcoat.
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Vicuna, South American relatives of the llama, get together in posses.
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On our return journey from Iruya along the unsealed road, there on a barren rise stood five vicuna.
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The Inca valued them so highly, it was against the law for any but royalty to wear vicuna garments.
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Today the vicuna is the national animal of Peru.
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On the way, visit the Jardin Zoologico to see Chilean animals such as puma, vicuna and deer, as well as condor and tropical birds.
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Trifles such as a deep freezer and a vicuna coat tainted the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations with charges of petty graft.
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The $43,000 Vanquish 2 suit is made of the world's rarest fabrics, including vicuna from South America and quivik from the Muscox in Alaska.
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- The wool of the vicuna
- Small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat
- The vicuu00F1a (Vicugna vicugna) or vicugna (both /vu026Au02C8kuu02D0nju0259/) is one of two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the guanaco. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats...
- Smaller cousin of the alpaca and llama with even softer fleece; native to the Andes of South America but not allowed for export.
- Native South American camelid, thought to be the ancestor of the domesticated alpaca. Vicunas, which exhibit the finest natural fiber in the world, can cross-breed with alpacas.
- (Spanish) A camel-like animal native to the Andes, prized for its soft and silken wool.
- The finest wool woven from a small South American relative of the camel. Very soft to touch and very warm to wear.
