Alpaca

//ælˈpækə//

"Alpaca" in a Sentence (13 examples)

To record something, they used knotted cords made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.

An alpaca looks like a horse and a camel.

They sit on the ground or on blankets made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.

These warm socks are made from alpaca fiber.

These alpaca wool mittens are soft and warm.

Many villagers are farmers who raise alpaca animals for wool.

Tom sheared the alpaca.

Tom fed the alpaca.

Her little feet were encased in a delicious pair of heelless black alpaca sandals, with satin ribbons criss-crossing over the instep and tied in a bow just above the ankle.

The Barkers are among the more than 4,000 American alpaca breeders who have helped increase the U.S. herd to close to 150,000 animals, worth more than $50 million annually. Each of those highly prized animals is micro-chipped, so they can be tracked and their owners identified.

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Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas?

A lady in frayed alpaca, carrying a house-flannel, came to hearken.

The dress was at the bottom, — it was an alpaca, of a pretty shade in blue, bedecked with lace and ribbons, as is the fashion of the hour, and lined with sea-green silk.

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