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Definition of Alpacas

1. alpaca [n] - See also: alpaca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpacas

Literary usage of Alpacas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Agriculturist (1846)
"Joseph Hegan, Esq., of Liverpool, after stating that he was the person who presented to the Earl of Derby the first alpacas his lordship had, ..."

2. The American Agriculturist (1846)
"Joseph Hegan, Esq., of Liverpool, after stating that he was the person who presented to the Earl of Derby the first alpacas his lordship hud, ..."

3. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"Immense herds of these "large cattle," as they were called, and of the "smaller cattle," ' or alpacas, were held by the government ..."

4. Peruvian Bark: A Popular Account of the Introduction of Chinchona by Clements Robert Markham (1880)
"Introduces alpacas into Australia. in the Santa Ana and ... of bringing a flock of alpacas the wild and bleak cordilleras of Bolivia to the sea-coast, ..."

5. History of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott, John Foster Kirk (1893)
"Immense herds of these " large cattle," as they were called, and of the "smaller cattle,"* or alpacas, were held by the government, as already noticed, ..."

6. History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization by William Hickling Prescott (1857)
"Immense herds of these " large cattle," as they were called, and of the "smaller cattle,"3 or alpacas, were held by the government, as already noticed, ..."

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