Alpaca
noun
A type of animal that is from South America. It looks like a small llama.
The wool from the alpaca is soft and warm, perfect for winter clothes.
Often appears as...
- alpaca wool
- alpaca farm
noun
The soft wool of the alpaca animal.
The scarf is made of alpaca, a very luxurious material.
Often appears as...
- alpaca sweater
- alpaca blanket
noun
A type of animal that is from South America. It looks like a small llama.
The wool from the alpaca is soft and warm, perfect for winter clothes.
Often appears as...
- alpaca wool
- alpaca farm
noun
The soft wool of the alpaca animal.
The scarf is made of alpaca, a very luxurious material.
Often appears as...
- alpaca sweater
- alpaca blanket
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not a Llama
Alpacas are often confused with llamas, but they're smaller and have different facial features.
When I visited Peru, I saw an alpaca, not a llama, for the first time.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographic Origin
Alpacas are native to the Andean Mountains, knowing this helps associate them with the right habitat and culture.
Alpaca farming is a centuries-old practice in the Andean region.
Pro Tip 3/3Gentle Nature
Alpacas are known for their docile temperament, which makes them popular on farms.
Children were petting the gentle alpacas at the local farm.
Pro Tip 1/3Not a Llama
Alpacas are often confused with llamas, but they're smaller and have different facial features.
When I visited Peru, I saw an alpaca, not a llama, for the first time.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographic Origin
Alpacas are native to the Andean Mountains, knowing this helps associate them with the right habitat and culture.
Alpaca farming is a centuries-old practice in the Andean region.
Pro Tip 3/3Gentle Nature
Alpacas are known for their docile temperament, which makes them popular on farms.
Children were petting the gentle alpacas at the local farm.
Pro Tip 1/3Not a Llama
Alpacas are often confused with llamas, but they're smaller and have different facial features.
When I visited Peru, I saw an alpaca, not a llama, for the first time.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographic Origin
Alpacas are native to the Andean Mountains, knowing this helps associate them with the right habitat and culture.
Alpaca farming is a centuries-old practice in the Andean region.
Pro Tip 3/3Gentle Nature
Alpacas are known for their docile temperament, which makes them popular on farms.
Children were petting the gentle alpacas at the local farm.
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Alpaca Fleece to Help in...
alpaca fleece is great material and the zoo is happy to oblige we received contributions from people all over the world and this is our way of trying to give back and say thank you
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Hunting for Peru's lost...
what the world discovers is just going to be beyond imagination. Make sure to hold on to your alpacas. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Video examples
Alpaca Fleece to Help in...
alpaca fleece is great material and the zoo is happy to oblige we received contributions from people all over the world and this is our way of trying to give back and say thank you
Video examples
Hunting for Peru's lost...
what the world discovers is just going to be beyond imagination. Make sure to hold on to your alpacas. Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Quote examples
Betty Gabriel
American Actress
I think that as kids we all picture ourselves as the princess, the prince, and not really ever as the housekeeper or the comical alpaca or llama or what have you - the sidekick. But as an adult, I'm such a huge fan of people who are funny and people who are, in very brief moments, able to do something that you would never think is possible.
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Matthew Daddario
American Actor
If I wasn't acting, I would own a farm. Not like growing crops but maybe have a few animals like cows, and maybe an alpaca or a llama. I would chop wood all day. I would make a living doing that; it's, like, an idealistic scenario for me. It's very contrary to my upbringing, but maybe that's the appeal to it.
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David Roberts
I knew that alpaca wool, with its cashmere-soft weave, had been transformed into cuddly knick-knacks ranging from pillows to teddy bears. But through selective breeding over the past 6,000 years, alpacas have so diverged from their llama cousins as to become quite different animals.
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David Roberts
As scientific research demonstrates, llama wool's very coarseness and its range of fibers from fine to thick mean that it can be woven into clothing that's superior to down, fleece, sheep wool, and alpaca wool in criteria ranging from warmth to water resistance to usable life.
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Julie Klausner
American Author
Babies, babies, babies! They're everywhere, aren't they? In our eyes, in our thoughts, in our arms, in our dreams. Sometimes, in our dreams, they are riding alpacas or juggling tacos - but that doesn't mean those dreams are necessarily about babies. Look, I'm not Freud.
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Marie Lu
American Author
I had a wonderful fan who once sent me an alpaca hat all the way from Peru, where he'd gone to volunteer in a remote village because he was inspired by 'Legend' to do good. That's probably one of the sweetest fan moments I've experienced.
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Alexander Armstrong
English Actor
Alpacas are much more biddable creatures. Llamas are horrible. As a species, it's probably for the best that they're wary of us. But on a personal level, I find it very hard to come to terms with.
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Salma Hayek
Mexican Actress
Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.
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Antony Beevor
British Historian
Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities.
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Gail Carriger
American Writer
My absolute favorite food of all time is alpaca.
Quote examples
Betty Gabriel
American Actress
I think that as kids we all picture ourselves as the princess, the prince, and not really ever as the housekeeper or the comical alpaca or llama or what have you - the sidekick. But as an adult, I'm such a huge fan of people who are funny and people who are, in very brief moments, able to do something that you would never think is possible.
Quote examples
Matthew Daddario
American Actor
If I wasn't acting, I would own a farm. Not like growing crops but maybe have a few animals like cows, and maybe an alpaca or a llama. I would chop wood all day. I would make a living doing that; it's, like, an idealistic scenario for me. It's very contrary to my upbringing, but maybe that's the appeal to it.
Quote examples
David Roberts
I knew that alpaca wool, with its cashmere-soft weave, had been transformed into cuddly knick-knacks ranging from pillows to teddy bears. But through selective breeding over the past 6,000 years, alpacas have so diverged from their llama cousins as to become quite different animals.
Quote examples
David Roberts
As scientific research demonstrates, llama wool's very coarseness and its range of fibers from fine to thick mean that it can be woven into clothing that's superior to down, fleece, sheep wool, and alpaca wool in criteria ranging from warmth to water resistance to usable life.
Quote examples
Julie Klausner
American Author
Babies, babies, babies! They're everywhere, aren't they? In our eyes, in our thoughts, in our arms, in our dreams. Sometimes, in our dreams, they are riding alpacas or juggling tacos - but that doesn't mean those dreams are necessarily about babies. Look, I'm not Freud.
Quote examples
Marie Lu
American Author
I had a wonderful fan who once sent me an alpaca hat all the way from Peru, where he'd gone to volunteer in a remote village because he was inspired by 'Legend' to do good. That's probably one of the sweetest fan moments I've experienced.
Quote examples
Alexander Armstrong
English Actor
Alpacas are much more biddable creatures. Llamas are horrible. As a species, it's probably for the best that they're wary of us. But on a personal level, I find it very hard to come to terms with.
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Salma Hayek
Mexican Actress
Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.
Quote examples
Antony Beevor
British Historian
Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities.
Quote examples
Gail Carriger
American Writer
My absolute favorite food of all time is alpaca.
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