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n the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted n the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos n the basic unit of mon…

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  1. n the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted n the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos n the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos n a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal n a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)