Totem

['təʊtəm] or ['totəm]

解释:

(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 or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object.

奥布里校对--From WordNet

解释:

(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.

埃米莉录入

解释:

n. a natural object not an individual but one of a class taken by a tribe a family or a single person and treated with superstitious respect as an outward symbol of an existing intimate unseen relation.—adj. Totem′ic.—ns. Tō′temism the use of totems as the foundation of a vast social system of alternate obligation and restriction; Tō′temist one designated by a totem.—adj. Tō′temistic.

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