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vicuna
[ vahy-koo-nuh, -kyoo-, vi-, vi-koo-nyuh ]
noun
- 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.
- a fabric of this wool or of some substitute, usually twilled and finished with a soft nap.
- a garment, especially an overcoat, of vicuna.
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/ vɪˈkjuËnÉ™; vɪˈkuËnjÉ™ /
noun
- a tawny-coloured cud-chewing Andean artiodactyl mammal, Vicugna vicugna, similar to the llama: family Camelidae
- the fine light cloth made from the wool obtained from this animal
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of vicuna1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of vicuna1
Example Sentences
They are not committed to a two-season cycle, private planes and yachts, sable and vicuna.
They are about the difference between cashmere and vicuna.
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.
A similar problem has frustrated schemes to breed the vicuna, an Andean wild camel whose wool is prized as the finest and lightest of any animal’s.
Outfits were prevalently in wool white, melange grey and vicuna beige, dotted with browns, greys, petrol blue a pond green.
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