ALPACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alpaca mean? 

• ALPACA (noun)
  The noun ALPACA has 3 senses:

1. wool of the alpaca

2. a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool

3. domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco

  Familiarity information: ALPACA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALPACA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wool of the alpaca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("alpaca" is a kind of...):

wool (fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("alpaca" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

alpaca; Lama pacos

Hypernyms ("alpaca" is a kind of...):

llama (wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump)

Holonyms ("alpaca" is a member of...):

genus Lama; Lama (llamas)