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Vicuna Common

Vicuna has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the wool of the vicuna

2

a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna

3

small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat

4

A South American mammal, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wool fabric even-toed ungulate

Origin

The word comes from the Spanish term vicuña, which was originally borrowed from the Quechua language. In its original form, it meant a specific type of camelid native to the Andes.

Rhyming Words
una zuna yuna juna tuna suna huna guna runa luna duna puna nuna cuna muna buna fauna djuna akuna bhuna
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