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: any of a genus (Lama) of wild or domesticated, long-necked, South American ruminant (see ruminant entry 1) mammals related to the camels but smaller and without a hump
especially
: a domesticated llama (L. glama) descended from the guanaco and used especially in the Andes as a pack animal and a source of wool
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He’s also photographed llamas, elephants, giraffes, and camels — just to name a few.
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Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 13 May 2024
Other animals working in liberty formation at Circus World will include camels, llamas and ponies.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
When Shrewsbury was a child, the property had been filled with cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, rabbits, cats, dogs, chickens, parrots, and llamas.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Meg also mentioned that spitting is not usually seen in vertebrates outside humans, camels, llamas, and alpacas.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
Add a horseback safari through the grounds to your itinerary to see llamas, colobus monkeys, marabou storks, zebras and peacocks.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
However, her lovable lunkhead of a servant, Kronk (Patrick Warburton), gives the emperor the wrong vial of poison and turns him into a llama.
—Devin Nealy, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
Hence the oddball name, llamas being a thing in Patagonia.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Guinness also has records for the oldest cats, llamas, and mice, but Maskell said that those categories are not currently paused.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2024
Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 13 May 2024
Other animals working in liberty formation at Circus World will include camels, llamas and ponies.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
When Shrewsbury was a child, the property had been filled with cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, rabbits, cats, dogs, chickens, parrots, and llamas.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Meg also mentioned that spitting is not usually seen in vertebrates outside humans, camels, llamas, and alpacas.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
Add a horseback safari through the grounds to your itinerary to see llamas, colobus monkeys, marabou storks, zebras and peacocks.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
However, her lovable lunkhead of a servant, Kronk (Patrick Warburton), gives the emperor the wrong vial of poison and turns him into a llama.
—Devin Nealy, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
Hence the oddball name, llamas being a thing in Patagonia.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Guinness also has records for the oldest cats, llamas, and mice, but Maskell said that those categories are not currently paused.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2024
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“Llama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/llama. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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llama
noun
lla·ma
ˈläm-ə 
: any of several wild and domesticated long-necked South American hoofed mammals that chew the cud and are related to the camels but smaller and without a hump
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