a long-haired domesticated South American mammal related to the llama, valued for its wool 羊驼,小羊驼
Lama pacos, family Camelidae, probably descended from the wild guanaco 拉丁名 Lama pacos, 骆驼科,很可能是野生骆驼的后代 ■[mass noun]the wool of the alpaca 羊驼毛 ■[mass noun]fabric made from this wool, with or without other fibres (纯,混纺)羊驼毛织物 [as modifier]an alpaca jersey. 羊驼毛套衫。
语源
late 18th cent.: from Spanish, from Aymara allpaca