The vicuna is a more beautiful animal than either the llama or the alpaca. From Wordnik.com. [Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas] Reference
Rocca has his own suggestion for the first family's pet - not a dog but a vicuna, which is an obscure relative of the aplaca. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News Headlines - CBS News] Reference
According to the clothier, the suits are made from rare fibers such as vicuna, pashmina and Qiviuk. From Wordnik.com. [mongster's nest] Reference
Climbing up the side of the mountain was a vicuna. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Flying Lab]
"My guess is he'll make short work of that vicuna!". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Flying Lab]
Bill, this book looks like it kicks vicuna keester from the title on down. From Wordnik.com. [Money Shot -- Christa Faust] Reference
There were three species of this genus in Peru, the llama, alpaca, and vicuna. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Similar to an alpaca, the llama is better known than the almost-extinct vicuna. From Wordnik.com. [A Passion for Knitting] Reference
My jodhpur boots with the toes flattened, Malcolm's vicuna coats with triangular tears. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Money]
vicuna -- A soft twilled cloth similar to cheviot, made of the Andes vicuna, hence its name. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
The natives of Patagonia make up many robes of the guanaco and vicuna, dressing the skins and sewing them together with sinew. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Mark's dad's clothes, thorn-proof tweeds, vicuna overcoat, a dozen or more suits, none of them hand made, all seemingly bought because they were expensive. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
Honestly, I would buy several kilograms of vicuna. From Wordnik.com. [Some Bunny's Love] Reference
A fire was kindled, and part of the vicuna meat cooked for supper. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
See! the vicuna tosses his head and strikes the ground with his hoof. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Alpaca, along with vicuna and llama, are the three camelids native to Peru. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
A crimson mantle of fine vicuna wool, fastened on his shoulders by golden puma's heads. From Wordnik.com. [Apu Ollantay A Drama of the Time of the Incas] Reference
I know of no animal except the vicuna itself, that could be captured after the manner practised in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
As I quickly learned, "vicuna" is actually "vicuna," a relative of the llama that hails from the Andes. From Wordnik.com. [Staff Blogs] Reference
Pack after pack was found to consist of merchandise -- vicuna wool, or dried provender for the galleons. From Wordnik.com. [On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.] Reference
Over this was worn a long cloak, dyed blue, also woven of vicuna wool, but without ornament of any description. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru] Reference
In the present day, the "ricos," or rich proprietors of Peru, pride themselves in possessing ponchos of vicuna wool. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
The echo of that cry was the ring of my companion's rifle, and I saw the vicuna leap up and fall dead upon the plain. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
It is on the above-mentioned bleak table-land that the llama, with its kindred -- the alpaca, vicuna, and huanucu -- are found. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
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