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語源

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ælˈpækə/
• 韻: -ækə

名詞

alpaca (複数形 alpacas または alpaca)

1. A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
2. (uncountable) Wool from the alpaca, with strong very long fibres and coloring from black to brown to white.
   • 1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London‎^[1], New York: Henry Holt and Company:

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

同意語

• alpaco, paco (古風な用法)

等位語

• (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

派生した語

• → Gujarati: અલ્પાકા (alpākā)
• → Thai: อัลปากา (an-bpaa-gâa)

Further reading

• alpaca on Wikipedia.
• Vicugna pacos on Wikispecies.