Section sign

§ is a typographical character called a section sign. It is used in various documents, particularly legal ones, to refer to a particular section of a document such as a legal code. It is frequently used along with the ¶ paragraph sign. When duplicated, as §§, it is read as the plural "sections".

It is also used to represent a typical specimen, in animals.

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