"totem pole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: totem poles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} totem pole (plural totem poles)
  1. (sculpture) Native American sculpture made by carving trees. Wikipedia link: totem pole Categories (topical): Sculpture Hyponyms: family pole, memorial pole, mortuary pole, ridicule pole, shame pole, welcome pole Derived forms: high on the totem pole, low on the totem pole Translations (sculpture): عَمُود رَمْز (ʕamūd ramz) [masculine] (Arabic), totempæl [common-gender] (Danish), totempaal [masculine] (Dutch), totema paliso (Esperanto), toteemipaalu (Finnish), mât totémique [masculine] (French), Totempfahl [masculine] (German), totemoszlop (Hungarian), totempåle [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), totempåle [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), stâlp totemic [masculine] (Romanian), тоте́мный столб (totɛ́mnyj stolb) [masculine] (Russian), tótem [masculine] (Spanish), poste totémico [masculine] (Spanish), kootéeyaa (Tlingit)

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