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llama

/ˈlɑmə/

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What does llama mean?

noun

  1. A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
  2. (slang) A firearm, especially a handgun.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of lama.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlɑmə/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈjɑmə/
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‘A la cama llama Blanda Donde Sornan en poblado A la Fresada Vellosa, Que mucho vello ha criado.
George BorrowThe Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainProject Gutenberg ebook #565
I followed the llama up the beach, and was overtaken by Montgomery, who asked me not to enter the stone enclosure.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159
More book examples (3)
The llama is the only representative of the camel family on the western hemisphere.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
South America is characterized by possessing many peculiar gnawers, a family of monkeys, the llama, peccari, tapir, opossums, and, especially, several genera of Edentata, the order which includes the sloths, ant-eaters, and armadilloes.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
“We had, in the very old days, these,” said Somel, and sketched with swift sure touches a sort of sheep or llama, “and these”--dogs, of two or three kinds, “that that”--pointing to my absurd but recognizable horse.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32