totem

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object Source: wordnet

3. 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) Source: wordnet

4. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the Nord American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan. And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten, Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. Longfellow. The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends tothe clan and watches over it. Bagehot. Source: webster

5. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by theNord American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or aclan.And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten,Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household;Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver.Longfellow.The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernaturalway attends tothe clan and watches over it. Bagehot. Source: adambom

6. n:100 n. a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object 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) Source: ecdict

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