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Meanings of vicuña in английском

испанский
fibra de vicuña
каталонский
fibra de vicunya

Natural animal fiber from the South American vicuña.

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        fibra de vicuña
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        Examples for "vicuña wool"
        Examples for "vicuña wool"
        1
        The ancient Incas obtained vicuña wool by driving wild vicuñas into corrals, shearing them, and then releasing them alive.
        Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
        2
        Over this was worn a long cloak, dyed blue, also woven of vicuña wool, but without ornament of any description.
        Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru
        Usage of vicuña in английском
        1
        Only the 'ricos' can afford the beautiful fabric of the vicuña's fleece.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        2
        Of course, I had no idea what a vicuña looked like.
        The Guardian
        3
        The vicuña and guanaco also do not work in the service of man.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        4
        A fire was kindled, and part of the vicuña meat cooked for supper.
        The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
        5
        A life of toil, exposure, and peril is that of the vicuña hunter.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        6
        The vicuña is a more beautiful animal than either the llama or the alpaca.
        Manco, the Peruvian Chief / Or, An Englishman's Adventures in th...
        7
        Hunting the vicuña is by no means an easy calling.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        8
        During my travels in Peru I had resolved to enjoy the sport of hunting the vicuña.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        9
        A good hunter is sometimes able to "approach" the vicuña.
        The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
        10
        The Puna is the favourite haunt of the vicuña, and, of course, the home of the vicuña hunter.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        11
        It is on the above-mentioned bleak table-land that the llama, with its kindred-thealpaca, vicuña, and huanucu-arefound.
        The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
        12
        The other one hit a vicuña.
        The Guardian
        13
        These were the 'guanaco' and 'vicuña.'
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        14
        As if they might jump out in front of you and get you repatriated before you could say vicuña.
        The Guardian
        15
        The ancient Incas obtained vicuña wool by driving wild vicuñas into corrals, shearing them, and then releasing them alive.
        Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
        16
        Over this was worn a long cloak, dyed blue, also woven of vicuña wool, but without ornament of any description.
        Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru
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        Translations for vicuña
        испанский
        fibra de vicuña
        каталонский
        fibra de vicunya
        Vicuña through the time