llama

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noun pl. llamas or llama

  1. 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
  2. cloth made from the wooly hair of this animal

Origin: Sp < Quechua

See llama in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A domesticated South American ruminant mammal (Lama glama) related to the camel, raised for its soft, fleecy wool and used as a beast of burden.
  2. Any of various other mammals of the genus Lama, such as the alpaca and guanaca.

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Origin: Spanish

Origin: , from Quechua

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