LAMA PERUANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lama peruana mean? 

• LAMA PERUANA (noun)
  The noun LAMA PERUANA has 1 sense:

1. used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco

  Familiarity information: LAMA PERUANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMA PERUANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

domestic llama; Lama peruana

Hypernyms ("Lama peruana" is a kind of...):

llama (wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump)

Holonyms ("Lama peruana" is a member of...):

genus Lama; Lama (llamas)