transcription, транскрипция: [ toʊtəm ]
( totems)
1.
In some societies, a family’s totem is the particular animal, plant, or natural object which they regard as a special symbol and which they believe has spiritual significance.
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Something that is a totem of another thing is a symbol of it. ( WRITTEN )
This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.
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