| the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal |
| a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) | |
| the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos | |
| the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos | |