Cloaca

[klәu'eikә]

Definition

(noun.) (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open.

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Definition

(n.) A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

(n.) A privy.

(n.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.

Typist: Pansy

Definition

n. a sewer: a privy: a cavity in birds and reptiles in which the intestinal and urinary ducts terminate: a sink of moral filth:—pl. Cloac (klō-ā′sē).—adjs. Cloā′cal Cloā′cinal.

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