llama

LAH-muh

meaning in plain English

A big, woolly animal from South America that people use to carry things, give wool for clothes, and sometimes eat.

Picture a llama in a backpack, hauling your groceries up the Andes – that's a woolly pack animal.

for example

The farmer loaded the llamas with supplies for the long trip across the mountains.

Imagine a tall, furry cousin of a camel that lives in the Andes. Why would anyone bother with a llama instead of a truck? Because llamas can walk where trucks can’t, and their wool keeps people warm in freezing nights.