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‖ guanaco|gwəˈnɑːkəʊ|
Also 7 guanco, guianaco, guinaco, 7–9 huanaco, 8 guanico, -aca, 9 -acho.
[Quichua huanaco, huanacu.]
A South American mammal, Auchenia huanaco, a kind of wild llama producing a reddish brown wool.
1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies i. xxi. 70 There are few of those beastes, which at Peru they call Guancos. Ibid. iii. xx. 185 There are also of those beasts which they call Guanacos and Pacos, which are sheepe. 1670Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1711) 98 There are many Ostriches in the plain Lands, and Guianacoes, which are the Beasts that bear the red Wool, whereof Hats are made in England. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 304 We..saw guinacoes, or Peruvian sheep, as big as small mules. 1773J. Hawkesworth Voy. I. 15 Guanicoes..resemble our deer, but are much larger, the height of some not being less than thirteen hands. 1811W. Walton Peruv. Sheep 83 The Huanaco or Guanaco of the Spaniards..is the largest of the two species of wild Peruvian sheep.
attrib.1811W. Walton Peruv. Sheep 84 Horse hides and Guanaco skins. Ibid. 167 Guanaco wool is obtained from the wild animal of that name. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times vii. (1869) 234 On the east coast, the natives..have guanaco cloaks. |