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Lama vs Alpaca - What's the difference?

lama | alpaca |

As nouns the difference between lama and alpaca

is that lama is llama or lama can be lama while alpaca is a sheep-like animal of the andes, vicugna pacos , in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and.

lama

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
    • Related terms
    * lamasery * Dalai Lama * Panchen Lama

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "lama")

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l) ----

    alpaca

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos , in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and .
  • (uncountable ) wool from the alpaca.

    • Synonyms

    * alpaco, paco (archaic)

    Coordinate terms

    *

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Vicugna pacos) ----