Type and usage of colon from BoostVocab

colon

/koʊ'loʊn/

noun
the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
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el salvadoran colon

type of:
el salvadoran monetary unit
noun
the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
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costa rican colon

type of:
costa rican monetary unit
noun
a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
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aspinwall

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republic of panama panama
noun
a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
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type of:
punctuation mark punctuation
noun
the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
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type of:
large intestine

Definition that contains colon

praya colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long
damaraland mole rat colonial mole rat of western Africa; similar to naked mole rat
hydroid colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
plymouth colony colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691
hydrozoan colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant

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