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"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"word": "seboko"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tótem"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "totem"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"word": "totem"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"word": "ongun"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"word": "totem"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"word": "tô-tem"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe",
"word": "vật tổ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"totem"
],
"word": "totem"
}
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