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noun

• The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
• The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos.
  • synonyms: El Salvadoran colon
• The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos.
  • synonyms: Costa Rican colon
• A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal.
  • synonyms: Aspinwall
• A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter. ).

• (n.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.].
• (n.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.

• Name Meaning: Dove
• Name Origin: Spanish, Latin