[ al'pakə ]
■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a long-haired domesticated South American mammal related to the llama. [ Lama pacos .]
↘the wool of the ~, or fabric made from it.
Origin
C18: from Sp., from Aymara allpaca .
[ al'pakə ]
■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a long-haired domesticated South American mammal related to the llama. [ Lama pacos .]
↘the wool of the ~, or fabric made from it.
Origin
C18: from Sp., from Aymara allpaca .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004