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# llama

noun (a llama, llamas)

«llama» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A llama is a South American animal like a small camel without a hump, with a long neck and thick woolly coat, kept for carrying loads and for its wool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#m1)
2. (Buddhism) A different word, lama (one l), means a Buddhist teacher, like the Dalai Lama. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons about the Andes, llamas carry goods on mountain paths, as they did for the Incas; their wool, meat and dung (as fuel) are useful. Llamas live in herds and may spit when annoyed. Cousins: alpacas (smaller, woollier), guanacos and vicuñas. Phrases: «a herd of llamas», «llama trekking».

### Examples

- Llamas carried our bags up the mountain path in Peru. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x1)
- A llama spat at the farmer when he got too close. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x2)
- Llamas are related to camels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x3)
- The Incas used llamas as pack animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x4)
- Some farms in Britain keep llamas to protect sheep from foxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x5)
- An alpaca is smaller and fluffier than a llama. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x6)
- We went llama trekking on our holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x7)
- An enormous cobra which had crept up the stem of a tall palm tree threw itself on to a little llama that was grazing at the foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x8)

### Note

Plural «llamas». Spelling: double l at the start. Trap: «lama» (one l) is a Buddhist monk or teacher; «llama» is the animal. In Spanish «ll» sounds like «y», so some people say YAH-ma, but English speakers usually say LAH-ma.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «llama» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«llama» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/llama.html) on Mova free.