noun

• 1A domesticated pack animal of the camel family found in the Andes, valued for its soft woolly fleece.

  Lama glama, family Camelidae, probably descended from the wild guanaco

  ‘Since then, alpacas and llamas have been extensively hybridized.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The only thing we don't do with our llamas and alpacas in North America is eat them!’
  • ‘The circus boasts camels, zebras, llamas, dogs, pigeons and ducks, as well as clowns, jugglers, wire-walkers and trapeze artists.’
  • ‘Franklin has surveyed ranchers using llamas to protect sheep, and found that llamas seem to be earning their keep.’
  • ‘So we didn't get diseases from llamas, but we did get diseases from pigs and sheep.’
  • ‘There was a fairly modest sized zoo here with llamas and camels and some monkeys.’
  • ‘There was more traffic on the roads: single riders on llamas or deer, sleds and sleighs, some wheeled wagons taking it very easy.’
  • ‘Among the animals would be the elephants, performing sea lions, lions, llamas, and Argentine ponies, dogs and a comedy chimpanzee.’
  • ‘Reindeer, llamas and Petra, the zoo's only camel, were the star attractions, but sadly the plan was abandoned because it was deemed impractical.’
  • ‘Besides llamas, Irineo and Marta maintain some 60 small sheep, a kitten and two black shepherd dogs.’
  • ‘Alpacas and llamas abound, as do viscachas (large rabbits) and water birds such as ducks, flamingos and weighty gulls.’
  • ‘We talk constantly about her llamas and their fleece, about our patterns, about luscious yarns!’
  • ‘Here, youngsters can see baby llamas, goats, tortoises, Vietnamese pot bellied pigs and, if they are lucky, see chicks being born.’
  • ‘That's often a time for some llamas to pester each other.’
  • ‘We walk briskly on the soft sand of its otherwise-dry bed, the two Quechua Indians egging on the llamas with whistles and cries.’
  • ‘When I catch up, the llamas are grazing above a deep valley whose every foot of silt has been terraced for farming.’
  • ‘Apparently there is another llama on the way (that will be their 3rd breeding) so once that arrives that will make them a herd or perhaps a flock.’
  • ‘‘A male guard llama can cost about £500 to £600 but live for around 15 years,’ she said.’
  • ‘The youngster, which is the first baby llama to be born on the farm, has settled in well, and is proving a very popular attraction with visitors.’
  • ‘The listless llamas, who live with a five-year-old male llama, Murphy, and some sheep, have not left their Helmsley field for 12 months.’

  1. 1.1mass noun The wool of the llama.
  2. 1.2mass noun Cloth made from the wool of the llama.