Guanaco Definition

gwə-näkō
guanacos
noun
guanacos
A woolly, reddish-brown, wild Andean llama (Lama guanacoe)
Webster's New World
The wool of this mammal.
American Heritage
Fabric made from this wool.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Lama guanicoe

Other Word Forms of Guanaco

Noun

Singular:
guanaco
Plural:
guanacoes, guanacos

Origin of Guanaco

  • Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish from Quechua huanaco

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Guanaco Sentence Examples

  • The guanaco (Lama huanacus), which stands nearly 4 ft.

  • The chief enemies of the guanaco are the Patagonian Indians and the puma, as it forms the principal food of both.

  • The water-courses and depressions of the shingly steppes afford pasturage sufficient for the guanaco, and in places support a thorny vegetation of low growth and starved appearance.

  • Of the indigenous fauna, the tapir of the north and the guanaco of the west and south are the largest of the animals.

  • The guanaco (Auchenia), which ranges from Tierra del Fuego to the Bolivian highlands, finds comparative safety in these uninhabitable solitudes, and is still numerous.

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Words Starting With

GGUGUA

Words Ending With

OCOACO

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