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TOTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("totem" is a kind of...):
emblem (special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Derivation:
totemic (relating to totemism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("totem" is a kind of...):
clan; kin; kin group; kindred; kinship group; tribe (group of people related by blood or marriage)
Meronyms (members of "totem"):
totemist (a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem)
