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Vicuna   /vɪkjˈunə/   Listen
Vicuna

noun
1.
The wool of the vicuna.
2.
A soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna.
3.
Small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat.  Synonym: Vicugna vicugna.





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"Vicuna" Quotes from Famous Books



... Alpaca, Vicuna and Llama wools are obtained from animals which are native to the mountains of Peru and Chile. The Angora goat, originally from Asia Minor, furnishes the mohair of commerce. This fiber does not resemble the hairs of common goats in any respect. It is a very beautiful fiber of silky luster, ...
— Textiles and Clothing • Kate Heintz Watson
... week suit you, senor? There are the mules to buy, and the tents to be made—they should be of vicuna skin with the wool still on, which, with the leather kept well oiled, will keep out water. We shall want them in the hills, but we shall sometimes find villages where we can sleep ...
— The Treasure of the Incas • G. A. Henty


Words linked to "Vicuna" :   artiodactyl mammal, material, artiodactyl, even-toed ungulate, textile, cloth, genus Vicugna, wool, fabric, Vicugna


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