[ˈɛmbləm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family
(e.g: America's national emblem, the bald eagle)


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Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): from Latin emblema ‘inlaid work, raised ornament’, from Greek emblēma ‘insertion’, from emballein ‘throw in, insert’, from em- ‘in’ + ballein ‘to throw’