The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ALPACA
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More clues leading to the result ALPACA
- Holding a cape, mount a grazing animal
- Mountain animal covering Andes, primarily
- A top US city rejected source of wool
- A cat having tail nibbled by mountain creature
- Animal, better left in two areas, sent west
- A better article in French about S American mammal
- A large group of hunters ending off a domesticated mammal
- Required from kleptomaniac, a plan to return high-end fabric
- American star wearing nothing upstaged by a furry animal
- Mountain, cold in two areas, and beast there?
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The straight part
We know that "Mountain animal covering Andes, primarily" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mountain animal covering andes, primarily = alpaca.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ALPACA mean?
ALPACA noun- A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
- Wool from the alpaca.