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spirit animal

American  

[spir-it an-uh-muhl] / ˈspɪr ɪt ˌæn ə məl /

noun

• spirit animals
  plural

1. in certain traditional belief systems, an animal believed to be the incarnation of a guiding or protective spirit.

2. an animal thought of as representing the character traits that a person possesses or wants to cultivate.

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• spirit animals
  plural

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spirit animal

The custom readings are bound in booklets, each featuring a spirit animal, such as a panda, and suggested habits.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Below, Herzog talks about his own spirit animal, the necessities he brings into the field and the penguin from one of his movies that recently turned into a meme.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

This high-spirited heroine gets aid from her spirit animal, a massive porcupine.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

“He’d rather be the chairman, the spirit animal, the man who saved Twitter and also made $10 billion on it,” Abeyta said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022

“We’ve had a lot of visits from leopards recently: first the spirit animal by the stream, and then the one in the banana grove.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer