- domestic llama
- nounused in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco• Syn: ↑Lama peruana• Hypernyms: ↑llama• Member Holonyms: ↑Lama, ↑genus Lama
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Lama peruana — noun used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco • Syn: ↑domestic llama • Hypernyms: ↑llama • Member Holonyms: ↑Lama, ↑genus Lama … Useful english dictionary
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