Llama

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Llama \Lla"ma\, n. [Peruv.]
     1. (Zool.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The fleece of the llama[1], a fine, soft wool-like hair.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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