A totem is an emblem or badge that features an animal or plant. Each totem represents a family, clan, or tribe. Do you come from a long line of fishermen? Perhaps your family’s totem is a trout.
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.
Noun
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
a clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
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.
Totem
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.
The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends tothe clan and watches over it.
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.
Usage Examples
In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole.