guanaco

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/ɡwəˈnɑːkəʊ/

noun

A South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.

Similar
Auchenia huanacoLama guanicoe
OriginSpanish guanaco ← Quechua wanaku →
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Meanings

nounguanaco (plural guanacos or guanacoes)

plural guanacos · plural guanacoes

  1. A South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.

    Synonyms: Auchenia huanaco

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.

Similar
Auchenia huanaco

More synonyms by meaning

nounwild llama

Similar
Lama guanicoe
Broader
llama

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Quechuawanaku
  2. Spanishguanaco
  3. Englishguanaco

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

More words from Spanish, Quechua

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Translations

Bulgarian гуана́ко
  • гуана́ко (guanáko)Lama guanicoe
Catalan guanac
  • guanacLama guanicoe
Chinese Mandarin 原駝 /原驼
  • 原駝 /原驼 (yuántuo)Lama guanicoe
Czech guanako
  • guanakoLama guanicoe
Danish guanaco, guanako
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
  • guanakoLama guanicoe
Dutch guanaco
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
Finnish guanako
  • guanakoLama guanicoe
French guanaco
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
German Guanako, Huanako
  • GuanakoLama guanicoe
  • HuanakoLama guanicoe
Greek γουανάκος
  • γουανάκος (gouanákos)Lama guanicoe
Irish guanacó
  • guanacóLama guanicoe
Italian guanaco
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
Japanese グアナコ
  • グアナコ (guanako)Lama guanicoe
Korean 구아나코, 과나코
  • 구아나코 (guanako)Lama guanicoe
  • 과나코 (gwanako)Lama guanicoe
Norwegian Bokmål guanako
  • guanakoLama guanicoe
Polish gwanako, gwanako andyjskie
  • gwanakoLama guanicoe
  • gwanako andyjskieLama guanicoe
Portuguese guanaco
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
Romanian guanaco
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
Russian гуана́ко
  • гуана́ко (guanáko)Lama guanicoe
Spanish guanaco
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
Swedish guanaco
  • guanacoLama guanicoe
Cite this entry
APA

guanaco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guanaco

MLA

“guanaco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guanaco. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guanaco,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guanaco.

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