Al-pā'că, n.

n. [Sp. alpaca, paca, paca, llama, Fr. al-paga, alpagne, the original Peruvian name of the animal.]

1. (Zoöl.) An animal of Peru, the Camelus paco of Linnæus, having long, fine, woolly hair, exceeding in length that of the cashmere goat, and equally fine; a species of the llama.
2. A thin kind of cloth made of the wool of the