guanaco
noun
a wild South American ruminant, Lama guanicoe, of which the llama and alpaca are believed to be domesticated varieties: related to the camels.
guanacos
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pluralof guanaco.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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ReWilding Argentina is providing logistical support to the effort, which some conservationists hope will open the door to translocating guanacos even farther north, to Argentina’s Impenetrable National Park.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
But centuries before it became an imperial city, it was a relatively modest agricultural community where the predecessors of the Inca farmed potatoes and maize and raised llamas and guanacos.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Perfectly conical volcanoes loom over salt flats and desolate plains where guanacos, elegantly proportioned cousins of llamas, and viscachas, which resemble long-tailed rabbits, drift through prickly wisps of ground-hugging vegetation.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
He pointed out wild llama-like guanacos grazing on the steppe, a gray fox running across the road, and caracara falcons perched on the fence posts.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
To escape the cold storms the guanacos seek the shelter of the bushes.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
