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Comma

Comma Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Comma? [n] anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing [n] a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence Synonyms \| Synonyms for Comma: comma butterfly \| Polygonia comma Related Terms \| Find terms related to Comma: ampersand \| angle brackets \| apostrophe \| boundary \| braces \| caesura \| colon \| dash \| decimal point \| diagonal \| dot \| ellipsis \| exclamation mark \| full stop \| hyphen \| interval \| juncture \| lull \| parens \| parentheses \| pause \| period \| point \| question mark \| quotation marks \| quotes \| semicolon \| single quotes \| solidus \| stop \| virgule See Also \| brush-footed butterfly \| four-footed butterfly \| genus Polygonia \| nymphalid \| nymphalid butterfly \| Polygonia \| punctuation \| punctuation mark Comma In Webster's Dictionary \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ? clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.] 1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed. 2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. {Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera bacillus}. {Comma butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.

Comma Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Comma?

[n] anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
[n] a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

Synonyms | Synonyms for Comma: comma butterfly | Polygonia comma

Comma In Webster's Dictionary

\Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ?
clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.]
1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
   a sentence, written or printed.

2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
   and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.

{Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
   like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
   suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
   a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera
   bacillus}.

{Comma butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta
   comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
   side of the wings.

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