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A "chirra" is a critter vaguely similar to a llama that is used as a
pack animal, wool source, and (occasionally) meat source in the
northern, mountainous regions of Mercedes Lackey's fictional Valdemar.
That's where I came up with this idea of an extinct, horse-sized llama.</div><div><br></div><div>Yes, a secret llama. *LOL*<br></div><div><br></div><div>BB,</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>Hutch</div><div> </div><div>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</div><div>Version: 3.1</div><div>GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$</div><div>N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?</div><div>X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++></div><div>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------</div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 11:38 PM E Cohen <<a href="mailto:eac@inbox.com">eac@inbox.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">[snip]<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Hutch<br>
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surra, n. A camelid closely related to llama, alpaca, guanaco, and <br>
vicuña; markedly larger than the llama (approx. size of a horse). Like <br>
the llama, they were associated with an Aymar deity, but that deity went <br>
out of favor when its priests failed to predict the coming of Europeans <br>
to the Andes. Breeding decreased radically during Spanish rule and it is <br>
unknown whether any remain alive today.<br>
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Pierre: Is this the grass mud horse?<br>
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Nicolas: I want there to be a secret llama.<br>
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