Usually means: Symbolic representation of clan identity.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. totem: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. totem: Merriam-Webster
  3. totem: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. totem: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. totem: Collins English Dictionary
  6. totem: Vocabulary.com
  7. Totem, totem: Wordnik
  8. totem: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. totem: Wiktionary
  10. totem: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. totem: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. totem: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. totem: Dictionary.com
  14. totem: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. totem: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. TOTEM, The Totem, Totem (Cirque du Soleil), Totem (Zazie album), Totem (disambiguation), Totem (film), Totem (media player), Totem (software), Totem (video game), Totem: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Totem: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. totem: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. totem: Rhymezone
  20. Totem: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. totem: FreeDictionary.org
  22. totem: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. totem: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. totem: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. totem: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. totem: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. totem: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. TOTEM: Acronym Finder
  3. totem: A Word A Day
  4. totem: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. totem: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. totem: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.
noun:  The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature.
noun:  (figuratively) A symbol or personification.
noun:  An arbitrarily chosen object serving as a reminder to check whether one is awake or not, to aid in having lucid dreams.
noun:  A tall object resembling a totem pole.

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