Vicuna

Word VICUNA
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /vɪˈkuːnjə/

Definitions and meanings of "Vicuna"

What do we mean by vicuna?

A South American mammal, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.

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The word "vicuna" in example sentences

The vicuna is a more beautiful animal than either the llama or the alpaca. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Despite the tough economy, the Italian line Brioni has introduced a $43,000 suit made to measure from rare fibers such as vicuna, pashmina and Qiviuk. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Made to measure from rare fibers such as vicuna, pashmina and Qiviuk, the suits have price tags as high as $43,000. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to the clothier, the suits are made from rare fibers such as vicuna, pashmina and Qiviuk. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But like buttery soft vicuna sport coats, it comes with the territory. ❋ Will Durst (2011)

Dirty reporting tricks were Anderson's M.O. He bugged the hotel room of the notorious Bernard Goldfine, a Bostontextile manufacturer who had bestowed an Oriental rug and a vicuna overcoat on President Eisenhower's starchy chief of staff, Sherman Adams. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Morning dress consisted of a morning coat, which was almost always single-breasted, of serge, worsted, cheviot or vicuna, and black or iron-gray; a waistcoat, either single - or double-breasted, which matched the coat or was of a lighter color; striped spongebag trousers (trousers of wool serge, baggy at knee); a cravat; and silk hat (though a bowler/Homburg could be worn). ❋ Unknown (2008)

He is afraid this bathrobed person will box this trailer up in a bright package and sell it to vicuna-herding nomads in Peru who are delirious with estrus-arousing chemicals to see it at any cost. ❋ Bill Crider (2009)

Appearances count for everything in politics, especially in Washington, and they remind me of how President Eisenhower dealt with Sherman Adams, his White House Chief of Staff in 1953, for accepting a vicuna coat as a gift from a Republican businessman. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bill, this book looks like it kicks vicuna keester from the title on down. ❋ Bill Crider (2007)

I wear pants made of virgin vicuna wool, and a shirt made of microfiber spun on the Mir space station costing 3300 dollars a yard. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

Ten mammal species have been recorded, including spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus (V), puma Felis concolor incarum, mountain cat F. pajeros, white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus and the vicuna Vicugna vicugna (V) are important indigenous species, but all have been heavily hunted in the past. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Peruthree equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a shield bearing a vicuna, cinchona tree (the source of quinine), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out gold coins, all framed by a green wreath ❋ Unknown (2008)

Flag description: three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a shield bearing a vicuna, cinchona tree (the source of quinine), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out gold coins, all framed by a green wreath ❋ Unknown (2008)

While many associate VIPs with designers such as Christian Dior or Dolce & Gabbana for couture, wealthy businessmen count on the artisans of Henry Poole to make their Savile Row suits, which can cost as much as £11,000 about $20,700 for versions made of fine fabrics such as vicuna and silk. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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