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Word: Comma
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (originally as a term in rhetoric denoting a group of words shorter than a colon; see colon): via Latin from Greek komma ‘piece cut off, short clause’, from koptein ‘cut’
ˈkɒmə
a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list.
Short Definition:punctuation mark (,) indicating pause between parts of sentence
a minute interval or difference of pitch.
Short Definition:minute interval or difference of pitch
a widespread butterfly that has orange and brown wings with ragged edges, and a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of the hindwing.
Short Definition:widespread butterfly that has orange and brown wings with ragged edges, and white comma-shaped mark on underside of hindwing
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