totem
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
Types & categories
- kin group hypernym
Parts & wholes
- totemist member meronym
Sense 2 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)
Types & categories
- emblem hypernym
Related & opposite
- totemic derivation
- United States domain region
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | totemist |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | kin group |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | totemic |
| 2 | domain region | Related & opposite | United States |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | emblem |