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# llama

«llama» in Mova's school dictionary: **a South American animal like a small camel without a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a llama, llamas)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x1)
- A llama spat at the farmer when he got too close. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x2)
- Llamas are related to camels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x3)
- The Incas used llamas as pack animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x4)
- Some farms in Britain keep llamas to protect sheep from foxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x5)
- An alpaca is smaller and fluffier than a llama. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/#x6)
- We went llama trekking on our holiday. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Llamas and alpacas live in the Andes; their blood carries oxygen well, and they spit mostly at each other to settle arguments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders/12/)
- [Donkeys, llamas and sheepdogs are used to guard flocks, and a guard donkey will chase away foxes and stray dogs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/15/)
- [Kai stared at his own skins — one slightly sad llama — and his thumb hovered over «yes».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/411-account-swaps-and-passwords/1/)
- [You give him your login, he gives you nothing, and your llama's gone for ever.» Kai said no.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/411-account-swaps-and-passwords/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «llama» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.