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1. (n.) totem
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
2. totem
a representation of such an object or being serving as the distinctive mark of the clan or group.
3. totem
anything serving as a distinctive, often venerated, emblem or symbol.
Etymology: (1750–60, Amer.; < Ojibwa ninto&raiseddot;te&raiseddot;m my totem, oto&raiseddot;te&raiseddot;man his totem )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) totem
a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
2. (noun) totem
emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)
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1. (noun) totem
a rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan
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Sense: (an image of) an animal or plant used as the badge or sign of a tribe, among North American Indians etc.
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 Afrikaans: totem |
 Arabic: طوطم: حَيوان أو نَبات كَر |
 Bulgarian: тотем |
 Brazilian: totem |
 Czech: totem |
 German: das Totem |
 Danish: totem |
 Greek: τοτέμ |
 Spanish: tótem |
 Estonian: tootem |
 Farsi: حیوان یا شی که نماد قبیله |
 Finnish: toteemi |
 French: totem |
 Hebrew: טוֹטֵם |
 Hindi: गण चिन्ह |
 Croatian: totem |
 Hungarian: totem |
 Indonesian: totem |
 Icelandic: tótem |
 Italian: totem |
 Japanese: トーテム像 |
 Korean: 토템 (북미 인디언이 씨족, 가족의 상징이라고 |
 Lithuanian: totemas |
 Latvian: totēms |
 Malay: totem |
 Dutch: totem |
 Norwegian: totem(bilde) |
 Polish: totem |
 Persian: حیوان یا شی که نماد قبیله |
 Pashto: هغه ژوى يا بوټى چې لرغونو |
 Portuguese: totem |
 Romanian: totem |
 Russian: тотем |
 Slovak: totem |
 Slovenian: totem |
 Serbian: totem |
 Swedish: totem |
 Thai: รูปสลักบนเสา |
 Turkish: totem |
 Taiwanese: 圖騰 |
 Ukrainian: тотем |
 Urdu: ايک قسم کے جانور يا پودے |
 Vietnamese: vật tổ |
 Chinese: 图腾 |
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