A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs.

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.

a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure

a good luck charm or symbol for a group or sports team

a good luck token, a "rabbit's foot" for athletic success

a great way to advertise, particularly if yours is the sort of business that can benefit from local recognition

an exaggerated rendition of a person, innocent/wild animal, or unusual object believed to bring good luck and prosperity, especially when one is kept as the symbol of an organization, establishment, and/or educational institution

an important good luck symbol

a person, an animal, an object, or a costumed character believed to bring good luck, especially one kept as the symbol of an organization such as a sports team

a person, animal, or object adopted by a group as a symbolic figure especially to bring them good luck

a person, animal, or thing that represents the spirit and heart of an organization

a person or an animal that a team or a company or a school uses as its special symbol - kind of like a short form

a powerful advertising tool, and can also be the base for a Flash animation, or a game hero/character

A symbol, usually an animal, chosen to represent a Greek letter organization. Many organizations have symbols and mascots, such as Zeta Phi Beta often uses a cat as their mascot.

A mascot, originally a fetish-like term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, is now encompasses anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or corporation. Mascots are also used as fictional spokespeople for consumer products, such as the rabbit used in advertising and marketing for the General Mills Trix brand of breakfast cereal.