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totem pole
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totem pole
n.
1. A post carved and painted with a series of family or clan crests or with figures representing mythic beings and erected usually before a dwelling, as among certain Native American peoples of the northwest coast of North America.
2. Slang A hierarchy: low on the totem pole.

totem pole
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a pole carved or painted with totemic figures set up by certain North American Indians, esp those of the NW Pacific coast, within a village as a tribal symbol or, sometimes, in memory of a dead person
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Noun1.totem pole - a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figurestotem pole - a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast
pillar, column - a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
emblem - special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
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totem pole
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totem pole ntotem m inv


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