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Lama

llama

noun LAH-ma Rare
Animals & Nature Farm Animals

Origin: from Quechua

Usage Note

Lama (Lama glama) is larger than an alpaca and is occasionally kept on German farms as a guard animal (Wächter) for sheep flocks, as it naturally repels foxes. Confused with Buddhist Lama in spelling — the animal uses one 'l'.

Examples

"Ein Lama bewacht hier die Schafherde vor Fuchs und Marder."

Natural Translation

A llama here guards the sheep flock from fox and marten.

Literal Translation

A llama guards here the sheep-flock from fox and marten.

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