Dictionary Check: colon

a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

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

the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

a punctuation mark (‘:’) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)