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Webster 1913 Edition


Guanaco

Gua-na′co

(gwȧ-nä′kō̍)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Guanacos
(-kōz)
.
[Sp.
guanaco
, Peruv.
huanacu
. Cf.
Huanaco
.]
(Zool.)
A South American mammal (
Auchenia huanaco
), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state.
[Written also
huanaco
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Guanaco

GUANACO

,
Noun.
The lama, or camel of South America, in a wild state.

Definition 2024


guanaco

guanaco

English

A guanaco

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Noun

guanaco (plural guanacos or guanacoes)

  1. A South American ruminant, Lama guanicoe; closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.

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Dutch

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Noun

guanaco m (plural guanaco's, diminutive guanacootje n)

  1. guanaco

Italian

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanachi)

  1. guanaco

Portuguese

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco (Lama guanicoe, a ruminant of South America)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuaˈna.ko/

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco

Adjective

guanaco m, f (plural guanacos)

  1. (colloquial, Central America) Salvadoran, pertaining to El Salvador

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