Definitions for vicuna

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vicuna vi·cu·na

Spelling: [vahy-koo-nuh, -kyoo-, vi-, vi-koo-ny

IPA: /vaɪˈku nə, -ˈkyu-, vɪ-, vɪˈku nyə/

Vicuna is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in vicuna (acinuv).

Definitions for vicuna

noun

1. 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.
2. a fabric of this wool or of some substitute, usually twilled and finished with a soft nap.
3. a garment, especially an overcoat, of vicuna.

Origin of vicuna

1585-95; Spanish vicuña Quechua wik’uña

Examples for vicuna

The wild lama was called huanacus, or guanaco; and the wild pacos, vicuna, or vigogne.

Often I would spend hours in the wild solitudes hunting the vicuna and alpaca, or in some gloomy cañon communing with myself.

Alpaca, vicuna and Llama wools are from different species of American goats.

vicuna—A soft twilled cloth similar to cheviot, made of the Andes vicuna, hence its name.

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

The natives of Patagonia make up many robes of the guanaco and vicuna, dressing the skins and sewing them together with sinew.