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vi·cu·ña
or vi·cu·na (vĭ-ko͞o′nyə, vī-, vī-ko͞o′nə, -kyo͞o′-, vĭ-)n.
1. A ruminant mammal (Vicugna vicugna) of the central Andes, related to the llama and having fine silky wool.
2.
a. The wool of this mammal.
b. Fabric made from this wool.
[Spanish, from Quechua wikuña.]
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vicuña
(vɪˈkuːnjə) orvicuna
n
1. (Animals) a tawny-coloured cud-chewing Andean artiodactyl mammal, Vicugna vicugna, similar to the llama: family Camelidae
2. (Textiles) the fine light cloth made from the wool obtained from this animal
[C17: from Spanish vicuña, from Quechuan wikúña]
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vi•cu•na
or vi•cu•ña
(vaɪˈku nə, -ˈkyu-, vɪ-, vɪˈku nyə)n., pl. -nas or -ñas.
1. a wild Andean ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the llama.
2. a fabric of the soft wool of this animal or of some substitute.
[1585–95; < Sp vicuña < Quechua wik'uña]
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| Noun | 1. |  vicuna - the wool of the vicuna wool - fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving |
| 2. |  vicuna - a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna | |
| 3. |  vicuna - small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoatartiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot genus Vicugna, Vicugna - a genus of Camelidae |
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