totem

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	emblem,
definition	:	special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. (noun.artifact)

domain region	:	america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa,
definition	:	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 (noun.location)

2. a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object (noun.group)

hypernym	:	clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe,
definition	:	group of people related by blood or marriage (noun.group)

member holonym	:	totemist,
definition	:	a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem (noun.person)

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

derivation	:	totemic,
definition	:	relating to totemism (adj.pert)

derivation	:	totemic,
definition	:	relating to totemism (adj.pert)

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