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Meaning of alpaca | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ælˈpækə

Definitions

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
countable, uncountable
Wool from the alpaca, with strong very long fibres and coloring from black to brown to white.
uncountable
A garment made of such wool.
countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans alpakka skaapkameel

العربية أَلْبَكَة

Bosanski alpaka

Català alpaca

Čeština alpaka

Dansk alpaka

Deutsch Alpaka Alpakahengst Alpakastute

Ελληνικά αλπακά αλπακάς

Esperanto alpako

Español alpaca

Suomi alpakka

Français alpaca alpaga

Gaeilge alpaca olann alpaca

ગુજરાતી અલ્પાકા

Hrvatski alpaka

Magyar alpaka

Հայերեն ալպակա

Bahasa Indonesia alpaka

Italiano alpaca

日本語アルパカ

ქართული ალპაკა

한국어 알파카

Te Reo Māori āpaka

Nederlands alpaca

Polski alpaka alpakowy

Português alpaca

Română alpaca

Русский альпака

Slovenščina alpaka

Српски alpaka

Svenska alpacka

ไทย อัลปากา

Tagalog alpaka

Türkçe alpaka

Examples

“Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas?”

“A lady in frayed alpaca, carrying a house-flannel, came to hearken.”

“The dress was at the bottom, — it was an alpaca, of a pretty shade in blue, bedecked with lace and ribbons, as is the fashion of the hour, and lined with sea-green silk.”

CEFR level

Mastery
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