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colon
n 1: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the
rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before
they are excreted
2: the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100
centavos [syn: El Salvadoran colon]
3: the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
[syn: Costa Rican colon]
4: a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
[syn: Aspinwall]
5: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a
series or an example or an explanation (or after the
salutation of a business letter)
[also: colones (pl), cola (pl)]