auberge

(Fr.) An inn; a place of entertainment for travellers. "At the auberge near the foot of the Rhone glacier,...- Tyndall : Frag. of Science, 3rd ed., ii. 32. [Gr. αὐχήν ( auchen ) = the neck.] A genus of Mammal i a of the order Ruminant i a and the family Camelidæ. It includes the Llamas, which are the American representatives of the Camels so well known in the Eastern world. They have no dorsal humps, and their toes are completely divided. There are about four species of Auchenia: the A. guanaco , or Guanaco [GUANACO); the A. glam a, or Llama [LLAMA]; the A. paco , the Paco or Alpaca [ALPACA]; and the A. vicunia , or Viengna [VICUGNA].