Alpaca, a gregarious ruminant of the camel family, a native of the Andes, and particularly the tablelands of Chile and Peru; is covered with a long soft silky wool, of which textile fabrics are woven; in appearance resembles a sheep, but is larger in size, and has a long erect neck with a handsome head.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Aloysius, St. * Alp-Arslan