Large, woolly animals related to camels but smaller and without humps, native to South America and used for carrying loads and producing fiber.
From Spanish 'llama,' derived from Quechua 'llama' (the language of the Inca Empire). The word entered English through Spanish colonial contact in the 1500s.
Llamas were so valuable to the Incas that they were sacred animals—the Incas used them for food, wool, and religious sacrifice, and their entire transportation system depended on these animals.
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