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LLAMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does llama mean?
• LLAMA (noun)
The noun LLAMA has 1 sense:
1. wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
Familiarity information: LLAMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("llama" is a kind of...):
artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "llama"):
domestic llama; Lama peruana (used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco)
guanaco; Lama guanicoe (wild llama)
alpaca; Lama pacos (domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco)
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