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Totem

A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.

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Clan 76% connected

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan…

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Emblem 76% connected

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

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kin 76% connected

A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

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Kindred 76% connected

Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

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Tribe 76% connected

A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, desc…

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Totemic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.

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Totemic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.

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Totemist 70% connected

One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem.

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Algonkin noun · 78% connection

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern par…

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Apaches n. pl. · 78% connection

A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

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Blackfeet n. pl. · 78% connection

A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much redu…

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Calumet noun · 78% connection

A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a…

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Chatterer noun · 78% connection

A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic re…

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Chickasaws n. pl. · 78% connection

A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama a…

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Chief noun · 78% connection

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority w…

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Chinook noun · 78% connection

One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chino…

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Choctaws n. pl. · 78% connection

A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at pea…

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Clannish adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditi…

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Creeks n. pl. · 78% connection

A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They forme…

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Curari noun · 78% connection

A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It…

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Deathbird noun · 78% connection

Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presa…

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Family verb · 78% connection

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…

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Gens adjective · 78% connection

A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a…

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Huron-Iroquous noun · 78% connection

A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, amo…

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Hurons n. pl. · 78% connection

; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the cou…

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Illinois n.sing. & pl. · 78% connection

A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

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