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totem Definition


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totem
noun
    1. In Native American culture: a natural object, especially an animal, used as the badge or sign of a tribe or an individual.
    2. An image or representation of this.
Derivative: totemic
adj
    Derivative: totemism
    noun
      Derivative: totemist
      noun
        Etymology: 18c: from Ojibwa (a Native American language).



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