alpaca

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al·pac·a /ælˈpækə/ noun  1. [countable]HBA an animal from South America with long hair that looks like a llama 〔南美产的〕羊驼2. [uncountable]TIM cloth made from the wool of an alpaca 羊驼呢绒

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alpaca• The train chugged down to the mountain-ringed plains where sheep and alpaca were herded by bowler-hatted women.• I have eaten alpaca: the Incas ate alpaca.• But people decided it was only inferiors who ate alpaca meat.• He could farm alpaca, deer and wild boar.• He works in the craft business there, making rugs from alpaca.• Papas, maize, alpaca, puma, condors.• Tipper Gore will wear a Jennifer George blue wool dress and jacket set topped by a sapphire alpaca coat for day.Origin alpaca (1700-1800) Spanish Aymara allpaca

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alpaca
al‧pac‧a /ælˈpækə/ noun1. [countable] an animal from South America with long hair that looks like a llama
2. [uncountable] cloth made from the wool of an alpaca

al·pacaBrE /ælˈpækə/ 🔊NAmE /ælˈpækə/ 🔊 noun [countable] a S American animal that is related to the llama and has long hair 羊驼（南美长毛动物） [uncountable] a type of soft wool or cloth made from the hair of the alpaca, used especially for making expensive clothes 羊驼毛；羊驼呢◆an alpaca coat羊驼毛外衣