noun Etymology: Ojibwa ototeman his ~ Date: circa 1776 1. an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry, a family or clan identified by a common ~ic object, one that serves as an emblem or revered symbol
TOTEM
Meaning of TOTEM in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012