llamas

Variant of llama

llama definition

llama (lä′mə)

noun pl. llamas -·mas or llama -·ma

  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

Etymology: Sp < Quechua

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