totem
n. குலமரபுச்சின்னம், இனமரபுக் குறியாகக் கொள்ளப்படும் விலங்கு-தாவரமூஇயற்பொருட் சின்னம்.
To"tem, n. Etym: [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.] Defn: A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the Nord American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan. And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten, Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. Longfellow. The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends tothe clan and watches over it. Bagehot.