llama

C2 Topic:Animals
US /ˈlɑː.mə/ UK /ˈlɑː.mə/
noun Freq #24484

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a domesticated South American camelid kept as a pack animal and for its wool and meat

    The farmer loaded supplies onto a llama before crossing the high plateau.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms llamas
Derived forms llamalike
Related forms alpacaguanacovicuñacamelid

Etymology

Borrowed through Spanish llama from Quechua llama, the Indigenous Andean name for the domesticated camelid.

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