COLON

colon. Colon, n. the point (:), the great gut, a member

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Co″lon (?), n. [[L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. �, and in sense of the intestine, �: cf. F. colon. Cf. Colic.]] 1. 1. (Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
2. 2. (Gram.) 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.