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  1. noun A punctuation mark ( : ) used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series and often after the salutation of a business letter.
  2. noun The sign ( : ) used between numbers or groups of numbers in expressions of time (2:30 A.M.) and ratios (1:2).
  3. noun A section of a metrical period in quantitative verse, consisting of two to six feet and in Latin verse having one principal accent.
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  1. Latin cōlon, part of a verse, from Greek kōlon, limb, member, metrical unit.
  2. Middle English, from Latin, from Greek kolon, large intestine.
  3. Spanish colón, after Cristóbal Colón, Christopher Columbus.

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  1. = Dutch colon = G. Danish Swedish koton = F. Spanish Portuguese coton = Italian colon, colo, from Latin cōlon, a member of a verse or poem, from Greek κῶλον, a member, limb, clause, part of a verse.
  2. = Dutch colon = G. Danish Swedish kolon = F. Spanish Portuguese colon = Italian colon, from Latin cōlon, cōlum (properly cŏlon, cŏlum), from Greek κόλον (sometimes incorrectly written κῶλον by confusion with κῶλον, a member: see colon), the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder. Hence colic.
  3. Named after Columbus, Spanish Colón, the discoverer of America.
 

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