vicuna
Americannoun
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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.
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a fabric of this wool or of some substitute, usually twilled and finished with a soft nap.
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a garment, especially an overcoat, of vicuna.
noun
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a tawny-coloured cud-chewing Andean artiodactyl mammal, Vicugna vicugna, similar to the llama: family Camelidae
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the fine light cloth made from the wool obtained from this animal
Etymology
Origin of vicuna
1585–95; < Spanish vicuña < Quechua wik’uña
Example Sentences
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Fashionistas who purchase the gray, black, new vicuna or cream/beige coat on Cyber Monday get to save $213.
From Fox News
Fashionistas who purchase the gray, black, new vicuna or cream/beige coat on Black Friday get to save $213.
From Fox News
They are not committed to a two-season cycle, private planes and yachts, sable and vicuna.
From New York Times
They are about the difference between cashmere and vicuna.
From New York Times
Johnny Carson left the building in 1987 after an episode with Mr. Trump over a missing vicuna coat: The talk show host accused two Trump employees of stealing it and demanded that they be fired.
From New York Times
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