Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alpaca

3 senses of alpaca

Sense 1
alpaca -- (wool of the alpaca)
       => wool -- (fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving)

Sense 2
alpaca -- (a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

Sense 3
alpaca, Lama pacos -- (domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco)
       => llama -- (wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump)