com·ma (k ŏm ə)
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n.1. Grammar A punctuation mark ( , ) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence. 2. A pause or separation; a caesura. 3. Any of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia having wings with irregularly notched edges and a small comma-shaped marking on the underside of the hind wing.
[Latin, from Greek komma, piece cut off, short clause, from koptein, to cut.] |