Llama \Lla"ma\, n. [Peruv.]

(Zo["o]l.) 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)