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MASCOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mascot mean?
• MASCOT (noun)
The noun MASCOT has 1 sense:
1. a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure
Familiarity information: MASCOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mascot" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
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