Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A domesticated South American ruminant mammal (Lama glama) related to the camel and having a long neck and small head, raised for its warm wool and used as a beast of burden.
- noun Any of various related mammals, such as the alpaca and the guanaco.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun The wool of the llama. It is used in making stuffs for women's wear, lace, tassels, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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. - noun The fleece of the llama{1}, a fine, soft wool-like hair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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January 13, 2008 at 2:21 am here’s a llama, dare’s a llama, an anodder liddle llama, fuzzy llama, funny llama, llama, llama___________
then i was like… WHOAAA - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The llama is not in the picture because it was licking my hand not holding the camera.
Jay Weston: Food Event at Malibu Ranch Was Different -- It Had Animals as Well as People! Jay Weston 2010
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The llama is not in the picture because it was licking my hand not holding the camera.
Jay Weston: Food Event at Malibu Ranch Was Different -- It Had Animals as Well as People! Jay Weston 2010
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The llama is not in the picture because it was licking my hand not holding the camera.
Jay Weston: Food Event at Malibu Ranch Was Different -- It Had Animals as Well as People! Jay Weston 2010
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The llama is not in the picture because it was licking my hand not holding the camera.
Jay Weston: Food Event at Malibu Ranch Was Different -- It Had Animals as Well as People! Jay Weston 2010
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The llama is not in the picture because it was licking my hand not holding the camera.
Jay Weston: Food Event at Malibu Ranch Was Different -- It Had Animals as Well as People! Jay Weston 2010
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(link) One of the things I like about "drama llama" is that it is not gendered.
mrissa: "Rissy, 90% of the things you worry about never come to pass."--Grandpa mrissa 2010
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Thanks for making me laugh at work:) and, since I have a good idea who the drama llama is - don't waste a single second on worrying about her.
mrissa: "Rissy, 90% of the things you worry about never come to pass."--Grandpa mrissa 2010
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If you can’t figure out that the llama is just shaking his head (as are the rest of us) then you might consider taking a walk to clear your head.
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Clearly, those of us commenting at TP are responsible and I figured a llama was the modern take on Leda and the swan.
sionnach commented on the word llama
The one-L lama, he's a priest
The two-L llama, he's a beast
And I would bet a silk pyjama
There isn't any three-L lllama.
Ogden Nash
November 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word llama
A nuzzling ungulate.
November 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word llama
Half a llama
twice the lama....
January 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word llama
I never say this word without hideously over-pronouncing the first L.
Hee.
January 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word llama
Mow the snow.
February 23, 2009
skipvia commented on the word llama
¡Cuidado! ¡Llamas!
February 23, 2009