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Word entry · 6 letters

alpaca

Best crossword clue

"Andean fleece animal"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ælˈpækə/Part of speech nounSorted aaaclpStarts with AEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2L3P4A5C6A

Definitions

  1. domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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