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/ælˈpækə/ · noun
A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña..
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.
Use alpaca when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alpaca means A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña..
Common synonyms include alpaco, paco, lama pacos.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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?
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