Definition of colon

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Colon (n.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion..

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Bryozoa :: Bryozoa (n. pl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa..
Settling :: Settling (n.) The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc..
Mesentery :: Mesentery (n.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc..
Superb :: Superb (a.) Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade..
Hydranth :: Hydranth (n.) One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.
Penal :: Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement..
Commission :: Commission (n.) A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission..
Colonizing :: Colonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coloniz.
Zoodendrium :: Zoodendrium (n.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria..
Constantia :: Constantia (n.) A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony..
Excellency :: Excellency (n.) A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes..
Felonry :: Felonry (n.) A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony..
Major :: Major (a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
Pycnostyle :: Pycnostyle (n.) A pycnostyle colonnade.
Gonosome :: Gonosome (n.) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively..
Boer :: Boer (n.) A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.
Colonical :: Colonical (a.) Of or pertaining to husbandmen.
Regiment :: Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten..
Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..
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