guanaco Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun wild llama
    Lama guanicoe.

WordNet

Gua*na"co noun
Etymology
Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. Huanaco.
Wordforms
plural Guanacos
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. Written also huanaco.

Webster 1913