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totem

DEFINITIONS OF: totem

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n emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)

Type of:
emblem
special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

n a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

Type of:
clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe
group of people related by blood or marriage
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES