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totemlike

totemlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a totem.

Adjective

totemlike (comparative more totemlike, superlative most totemlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a totem.
    • The most intriguing evidence is right next to Stonehenge itself — three big post holes that held tall totemlike timber poles.2015 November 9, Kenneth Chang, “Stonehenge Begins to Yield Its Secrets”, in New York Times

Forms of totemlike

comparativemore totemlike
superlativemost totemlike

Origin of totemlike

From totem + -like.

Questions about totemlike

What does totemlike mean?
Totemlike means resembling or characteristic of a totem.
What part of speech is totemlike?
Totemlike is an adjective.

Words near totemlike in the dictionary

  1. totemizations
  2. totemize
  3. totemized
  4. totemizes
  5. totemizing
  6. totemlike
  7. totems
  8. totemy
  9. Totenkopf
  10. Totenkopfs
  11. toter

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