vicuna

vi·cu·ña

or vi·cu·na V5098300 (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.]

vicuña

(vɪˈkuːnjə) or

vicuna

n1. (Animals) a tawny-coloured cud-chewing Andean artiodactyl mammal, Vicugna vicugna, similar to the llama: family Camelidae2. (Textiles) the fine light cloth made from the wool obtained from this animal[C17: from Spanish vicuña, from Quechuan wikúña]

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]

Thesaurus

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 vicunacloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
	3.	vicuna - small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoatVicugna vicugnaartiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each footgenus Vicugna, Vicugna - a genus of Camelidae