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alpaca

noun
🔊/ælˈpækə/
🔊/ælˈpækə/
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  1. [countable] a South American animal that is related to the llama and has long hair羊驼（南美长毛动物）Topics Animalsc2
  2. [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
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Spanish, from Aymara (a language spoken in Bolivia and Peru) allpaca.