Llama Definition

lämə
llamas
noun
Any of a genus (Lama, family Camelidae) of South American ruminants without humps, including the alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña, esp., a domesticated species (L. glama glama) used as a beast of burden and as a source of wool, meat, and milk.
Webster's New World
Any of various related mammals, such as the alpaca and the guanaco.
American Heritage
Cloth made from the woolly hair of this animal.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Llama

Noun

Singular:
llama
Plural:
llamas

Origin of Llama

  • From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish from Quechua

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Llama Sentence Examples

  • It sat at her feet and stared at the llama approaching the fence.

  • The llama was the only beast of burden known to the South American natives before the arrival of the Spaniards and is highly serviceable on the difficult trails of the Andes.

  • The chief breeding industry is that of the llama, alpaca and vicuiiaanimals of the Auchenia family domesticated by the Indians and bred, the first as a pack animal, and the other two for their wool, hides and meat.

  • The dried dung of the llama (taquia) is generally used as fuel, as in pre-Spanish times, for roasting ores, as also a species of grass called ichu (Stipa incana), and a singular woody fungus, called yareta (Azorella umbellifera), found growing on the rocks at elevations exceeding 12,000 ft.

  • The collection of animals included a donkey, horse, ostrich and a llama, all of which were either relaxing in the shade or inside the barn.

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