Vicuna

Vicuna
VICUNA, or VICUNIA, or VICUGNA
The animal that provides the finest wool in the world with hairs only half as thick as fine merino wool. The vicuna is one of the camel tribe and is a native of Southern Peru. Its scientific name is Lama Vicunia. It is a graceful swift little animal like a small antelope. The annual production is estimated at 10,000-lb. to 12,000-lb. Weight for weight it is said to be the warmest of all wools. Its natural colour is dark tobacco colour of good fastness. It dyes like wool, but requires more dye to attain a given depth of tone. It is capable of imparting the utmost smoothness, softness and closeness to fine black coatings and is used thus by Bradford and other manufacturers.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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  • vicuna — (n.) Peruvian ruminant, c.1600, from Sp. vicuña, from Quechua (Peru) wikuna, the native name of the animal …   Etymology dictionary

  • vicuña — [vī kyo͞o′nyə, vī kyo͞onə] n. pl. vicuñas or vicuña [Sp < Quechua wikúña] 1. a small llama (Lama vicugna) with soft, shaggy wool, found wild in the Andes 2. this wool 3. a fabric made from it or in imitation of it …   English World dictionary

  • Vicuna — Vi*cu [ n]a, Vicugna Vi*cu gna, n. [Sp. vicu[ n]a. Cf. {Vigonia}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A South American mammal ({Auchenia vicunna}) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vicuña [1] — Vicuña (spr. wikúnja), s. Lama, S. 67 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Vicuña [2] — Vicuña (Elqui), Hauptort des Depart. Elqui in der chilen. Provinz Coquimbo, am Flusse Coquimbo, durch Bahn mit La Serena verbunden, mit (1902) 1686 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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