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VICUGNA VICUGNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vicugna vicugna mean? 

VICUGNA VICUGNA (noun)
  The noun VICUGNA VICUGNA has 1 sense:

1. small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoatplay

  Familiarity information: VICUGNA VICUGNA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VICUGNA VICUGNA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Vicugna vicugna; vicuna

Hypernyms ("Vicugna vicugna" is a kind of...):

artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)

Holonyms ("Vicugna vicugna" is a member of...):

genus Vicugna; Vicugna (a genus of Camelidae)


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