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- Macho
- A male alpaca (Spanish).
- Maiden
- A female that has never been bred.
- Medullation
- A hollow or partly hollow core in some fibers. Heavily medullated fibers are coarser and take dye less evenly. Learn more →
- Meningeal worm
- Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, a deer parasite that causes neurological disease in alpacas. Learn more →
- Micron (µm)
- One thousandth of a millimeter — the unit used to measure fiber diameter. Learn more →
- Mill
- A fiber processing facility that washes, cards and spins alpaca into roving and yarn. Learn more →
- Mini-mill
- A small-scale fiber processing mill serving small farms. Learn more →