vicuña wool
1Vicuña — Taxobox name = Vicuña status = LC status system = iucn3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Camelidae genus = Vicugna species = V. vicugna binomial = Vicugna vicugna binomial… …
2vicuña — or vicuna noun Etymology: Spanish vicuña, from Quechua wik uña Date: 1604 1. a wild ruminant (Vicugna vicugna syn. Lama vicugna) of the Andes from Peru to Argentina that is related to the llama and alpaca 2. a. the wool from the vicuña s fine… …
3vicuña — [vī kyo͞o′nyə, vī kyo͞onə] n. pl. vicuñas or vicuña [Sp < Quechua wikúña] 1. a small llama (Lama vicugna) with soft, shaggy wool, found wild in the Andes 2. this wool 3. a fabric made from it or in imitation of it …
4Vicuna — Vi*cu [ n]a, Vicugna Vi*cu gna, n. [Sp. vicu[ n]a. Cf. {Vigonia}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A South American mammal ({Auchenia vicunna}) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown …
5vicuña — ► NOUN 1) a wild relative of the llama, valued for its fine silky wool. 2) cloth made from this wool. ORIGIN Quechua …
6vicuna — /vuy kooh neuh, kyooh , vi , vi kooh nyeuh/, n. 1. a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and yielding a soft, delicate wool: an endangered species, now increasing in numbers. 2. a… …
7vicuna — noun 1. the wool of the vicuna • Hypernyms: ↑wool 2. a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna • Hypernyms: ↑fabric, ↑cloth, ↑material, ↑textile 3. small wild cud chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller …
8wool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fleece; down, hair; worsted, yarn. adj. woolen; knitted; woolly, hairy, fleecy, downy, fluffy, flocculent. See covering, softness, materials. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fleecy fiber, especially of sheep]… …
9vicuña — /vəˈkjunə/ (say vuh kyoohnuh), /vəˈkunjə/ (say vuh koohnyuh) noun 1. a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and having a soft, delicate wool. 2. a fabric made of this wool, or of some… …
10vicuña — vi|cu|ña [vıˈkju:nə US ˈku: ] n [U and C] a large South American animal related to the ↑llama, or the cloth that is made from its wool ▪ a vicuña coat …
