/ ælˈpækə; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C ] a S American animal that is related to the llama and has long hair
2.
[ U ] a type of soft wool or cloth made from the hair of the alpaca, used especially for making expensive clothes :
an alpaca coat
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Spanish , from Aymara (a language spoken in Bolivia and Peru) allpaca .