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colon
noun
(
plural:
colons
or obsolete:
cola
)
(
grammar
) The punctuation mark "
:
" introducing a quotation or a series of items, or separating clauses.
(
anatomy
) The final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus
A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
Translations:
Dutch: karteldarm
(nl)
m
French: cí´lon
(fr)
m
German: Grimmdarm
(de, Kolon, n}}, {{t-, de)
m
Italian: m
(it, due punti)
p
Spanish: colon
(es)
m
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