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lama

Definitions of lama
  1. noun
    a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
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    types:
    dalai lama
    chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
    type of:
    pastoor
    a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
  2. noun
    wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
  3. noun
    a cotton fabric imitating flannel
    synonyms: flanel, katoenflanel
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    type of:
    doek, kleed, materiaal, stof, stofdoek, stofvod, textiel, textielindustrie, textielnijverheid, textielvezel, weefsel
    artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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