alpaca

Noun.  A sheeplike animal of the Andes. It is a South American member of the camel family, ''Camelidae'' (order ''Artiodactyla''), of mammals; its Latin name is ''Lama pacos''. It is closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña, which are referred to collectively as lamoids.

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