Pa"co (?), Pa"cos (?), n. [Sp. paco, fr. Peruv. paco. Cf. Alpaca.]

1. Zool.

Same as Alpaca.

2. [Peruv. paco, pacu, red, reddish, reddish ore containing silver; perh. a different word.] Min.

An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.

Ure.

 

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