| 1. | Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question. |
| 2. | something unanswered or unknown: His identity is still a question mark to most of us. |
| 3. | an anglewing butterfly, Polygonia interrogationis, having silver spots shaped like a question mark on the underside of each hind wing. |

A punctuation mark (?) that follows a direct question: “Is Ralph really seven feet tall?”