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 

• LLAMA (noun)

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)