llama
(noun) wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
Source: WordNet® 3.1
llama (plural llamas)
A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
A male llama is called a macho, and a female llama is called an hembra.
• Allam
Source: Wiktionary
Lla"ma, n. Etym: [Peruv.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2024
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
