LAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lama mean? 

• LAMA (noun)
  The noun LAMA has 2 senses:

1. a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism

2. llamas

  Familiarity information: LAMA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lama" is a kind of...):

non-Christian priest; priest (a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lama"):

Dalai Lama; Grand Lama (chief lama and once ruler of Tibet)

Panchen Lama (the lama next in rank to the Dalai Lama)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Llamas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lama; Lama

Hypernyms ("Lama" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Lama"):

domestic llama; Lama peruana (used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco)

guanaco; Lama guanicoe (wild llama)

alpaca; Lama pacos (domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco)

Holonyms ("Lama" is a member of...):

Camelidae; family Camelidae (camels and llamas and vicunas)

 Context examples 

I travelled for two years in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa, and spending some days with the head lama.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)