diff --git a/parsers/en_constants.py b/parsers/en_constants.py
index 42c73cbf041d0f7da4efc20101badfac995a2301..de100b7f77d7768038dffe54a27f6208c1224c09 100644
--- a/parsers/en_constants.py
+++ b/parsers/en_constants.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ string_values = {
 	"t_deflabel":"lb",
 	"t_ex":["ux", "usex"],
 	"sense_pattern":[ ## structure(s) for sense patterns add_subdef is to be added to def patterns
-		{"def":"\\#", "ex":"\\#:", "add_subdef":"\\#"}
+		{"def":"\\#", "ex":"\\#[:;]", "add_subdef":"\\#"}
 	],
 	"POS": { #https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:POS
 		"Adjective":"Adj",