llama Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump

WordNet


Lla"ma noun
Etymology
Peruv.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913