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What is the difference between alpaca and camel?

alpaca | camel |

As nouns the difference between alpaca and camel

is that alpaca is a sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña while camel is a beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

alpaca

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos , in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and .
  • (uncountable ) wool from the alpaca.

    • Synonyms

    * alpaco, paco (archaic)

    Coordinate terms

    *

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Vicugna pacos) ----

    camel

    English

    (wikipedia camel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus .
  • A light brownish color, tan.
  • Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of a another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.

    • Synonyms

    * (mammal) oont (India)

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Related terms

    * Bactrian camel * camelback * cameleer * camelopard * camel toe * ship of the desert

    See also

    * alpaca * arabian * bray * dromedary * guanaco * hump * llama *

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