mascot

mascot
    n 1: a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group
         as a symbolic figure
    

Mascot \Mas"cot\, Mascotte \Mas"cotte\, n. [Through French fr.
   Pr. mascot a little sorcerer or magician, mascotto
   witchcraft, sorcery.]
   1. A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the
      household to which he or she belongs.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence: Anything that brings good luck; especially, an
      animal kept by a group, as a sports team, to serve as a
      symbol and to bring luck.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]
    

MASCOT

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Mascot, TN (CDP, FIPS 46400)
  Location: 36.06821 N, 83.76614 W
  Population (1990): 2138 (877 housing units)
  Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 37806
Mascot, VA
  Zip code(s): 23108
    

Mascot, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee
   Population (2000):    2119
   Housing Units (2000): 934
   Land area (2000):     6.953397 sq. miles (18.009215 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.165204 sq. miles (0.427876 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    7.118601 sq. miles (18.437091 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            46400
   Located within:       Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
   Location:             36.067257 N, 83.754678 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     37806
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Mascot, TN
    Mascot
    

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "mascot":
      amulet, charm, fetish, fylfot, gammadion, good-luck charm, hoodoo,
      juju, love charm, luck, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone,
      mumbo jumbo, obeah, periapt, philter, phylactery, scarab,
      scarabaeus, scarabee, sudarium, swastika, talisman, veronica,
      voodoo, whammy