alpaca

al-PAH-kuh

meaning in plain English

A gentle, fluffy animal from South America that looks like a small sheep but is more closely related to camels; people sometimes raise them for their soft wool.

Picture an alpaca in a cozy sweater, fluffy like a sheep but a cousin of camels, chilling in the Andes.

for example

The farmer let the children pet the alpaca and feel how warm and fuzzy its fur was.

Imagine walking in the mountains of Peru and seeing a small, friendly creature with long fur grazing nearby. That’s an alpaca—it’s not a sheep or a goat, but it’s just as calm and woolly.