alpaca

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: al=pac=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

alpaca, n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian name of the animal. Cf. Paco.].

•  An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.  [1913 Webster]
•  Wool of the alpaca.  [1913 Webster]
•  A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

alpaca, n.
1 a S. American mammal, Lama pacos, related to the llama, with long shaggy hair.
2 the wool from the animal.
3 fabric made from the wool, with or without other fibres.

Etymology

Sp. f. Aymar{aacute} or Quechua