vicuna's Usage Examples:

"The animals which specially belong to the Peruvian Andes are the domestic llamas and alpacas and the wild vicunas.

They are skilful in the preparation of lap robes and rugs from the skins of the alpaca and vicuna.

A small deer and, in southern Ecuador, the llama (Auchenia) with its allied species, the alpaca, guanaco and vicuna, represent the ruminants.

The most important industries of the town are the manufacture of buckskin, the spinning of carded yarn and vicuna-wool, and the processes of dyeing, finishing and wool-spinning connected with these.

Viscacha >>On the arid plateaus of the north-west, the guanaco and vicuna are still to be found, though less frequently, together with a smaller species of viscacha (Lagidium cuvieri).

On the arid plateaus of the north-west, the guanaco and vicuna are still to be found, though less frequently, together with a smaller species of viscacha (Lagidium cuvieri).

The four species of indigenous South American wool-bearing animals are the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco and the vicu�The llama and the alpaca are domesticated; the guanaco and the vicuna run wild.

The animals which specially belong to the Peruvian Andes are the domestic llamas and alpacas and the wild vicunas.

The vicuna also is celebrated for its wool, which the natives weave into beautiful and costly ponchos (blanket cloaks) and other wearing apparel.

- In 1840 the imports into, exports from, and consumed in the United Kingdom of mohair, alpaca, vicuna, 'c.

They have a similar wool to the vicuna, but coarser and redder; both are largely used in South America.

For weaving, the most valuable pieces are mohair taken from the angora and vicuna.

A small number of very pretty guanaco and vicuna carriage rugs are imported into Europe, and many come through travellers and private sources, but generally they are so badly dressed that they are quite brittle upon the leather side.

Synonyms:

fabric, material, cloth, textile,

Antonyms:

unbodied, incorporeal, incorporeality, immaterial, insubstantial,