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Definition of guanaco in English: guanaconounPlural guanacos ɡwəˈnɑːkəʊɡwəˈnɑkoʊ A wild Andean mammal similar to the domestic llama, which is probably derived from it. It has a valuable pale brown pelt. Lama guanicoe, family Camelidae Example sentencesExamples - Llamas come from a family of four-footed animals called camelids, which also include alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos.
- The other group migrated into South America, where it survives today as wild guanacos and vicunas and domesticated llamas and alpacas.
- Both the llama and the alpaca are domesticated forms long believed to be descended from the guanaco, a wild camelid.
- Aside from bovines, which are involved in 90 percent of these events, horses, pigs, sheep, guanacos and wild boars have also been mutilated.
- Llamas and alpacas, sometimes considered to be the same species, may both have been derived from the guanaco through a thousand years or more of domestication.
Origin Early 17th century: via Spanish from Quechua huanacu. Definition of guanaco in US English: guanaconounɡwəˈnɑkoʊɡwəˈnäkō A wild Andean mammal similar to the domestic llama, which is probably derived from it. It has a valuable pale brown pelt. Lama guanicoe, family Camelidae Example sentencesExamples - The other group migrated into South America, where it survives today as wild guanacos and vicunas and domesticated llamas and alpacas.
- Both the llama and the alpaca are domesticated forms long believed to be descended from the guanaco, a wild camelid.
- Aside from bovines, which are involved in 90 percent of these events, horses, pigs, sheep, guanacos and wild boars have also been mutilated.
- Llamas and alpacas, sometimes considered to be the same species, may both have been derived from the guanaco through a thousand years or more of domestication.
- Llamas come from a family of four-footed animals called camelids, which also include alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos.
Origin Early 17th century: via Spanish from Quechua huanacu. |