llama

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  • n llama wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
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• • Llama (Zoöl) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes, and is also kept on some ranches in the United States.
  • Llama The fleece of the llama{1}, a fine, soft wool-like hair.
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• • n llama An even-toed ruminant ungulate quadruped, Auchenia glama or llama, or Lama peruviana, of South America, of the order Ungulata, suborder Artiodactyla, superfamily Tylopoda, family Camelidæ, closely related to the camel of the Old World, but smaller, without a hump, and woolly-haired. Like the camel, it is known only in the state of domestication; it is supposed to be descended from the guanaco. The llama is also called the American camel, and has been known to Europeans since 1544. It was the only beast of burden in America before the arrival of the Spaniards, and is still used as such in the Andes, the formation of its feet enabling it to walk on slopes too rough or steep for any other animal. It is about 3 feet high at the shoulder, and so closely allied to the alpaca that the latter is sometimes regarded as a finer-wooled variety of it.
  • n llama The wool of the llama. It is used in making stuffs for women's wear, lace, tassels, etc.
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• • n Llama lä′ma or lā′ma a South American ruminant of the camel family, used for transport in the Andes.
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