What is "colones"

See colon

1. n. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

2. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos [syn: El Salvadoran colon]

3. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos [syn: Costa Rican colon]

4. a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal [syn: Aspinwall]

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

6. [also: colones (pl), cola (pl)]