Words you will become accustomed to in the world of Alpaca. 

Bugling - The warning sound made by alpacas when they see trouble.
Carding - The process of combing and cleaning the alpaca fiber before spinning.
Clucking - The sound alpaca females make when they talk to their babies (cria).
Cria - A baby alpaca
Dam - An alpaca mother. The Spanish word for female alpacas is Hembra.
Drop spinning - Another process used to spin alpaca fiber into yarn
Fiber - Alpaca hair
Fleece - All the alpaca fiber from one alpaca after it is sheared.
Grazing - alpacas in a pasture eating
Grooming - Cleaning the alpaca with a brush. (many breeders do not recommend this)
Humming - The sound alpacas make when they talk to one another.
Herd - A group of alpacas
Herdsire - The alpaca father who is in charge of the herd. The Spanish word for a male alpaca is Macho.
Huacaya Alpaca - A breed of alpaca with fuzzy fiber that grows straight out from the body.
Orgle - A noise made by the male when alpacas breed
Pronking - An alpaca will suddenly spring vertically into the air, demonstrating the astounding four-legged alpaca hop known as "pronking." Pronking is how a happy, healthy cria expresses itself.
Suri Alpaca - a breed of alpaca with long straight fiber that hangs in ringlets down at its sides.
Shearing - Giving an alpaca a haircut (cutting of the fiber)
Shearer - A person who cuts the fiber off the alpaca
Spinner - A person who makes alpaca fiber into yarn.
Spinning Wheel - A machine used by the spinner to make yarn.
Pasture - Where alpacas live and eat
Veterinarian - animal doctor