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Cloaca

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Noun

1. cloaca

(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

2. cloaca, sewer, sewerage

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cloaca

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noun plural -cae (-kiː)
1. 
a cavity in the pelvic region of most vertebrates, except higher mammals, and certain invertebrates, into which the alimentary canal and the genital and urinary ducts open
2. 
a sewer

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Cloaca

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nounWord forms: plural cloˈaˌcae (ˈkloʊˈeɪˌsi ; klōˈāˈsēˌ; ˈkloʊeɪˌki ; klōˈākēˌ) or cloˈacas
1. 
a sewer or cesspool
2.  Zoology
a. 
the cavity into which both the intestinal and the genitourinary tracts empty in reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes
b. 
in some invertebrates, a similar cavity serving as an excretory, respiratory, and reproductive duct

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cloaca

see synonyms of cloaca
n. pl. clo·a·cae (-sē′)
1. A sewer or latrine.
2. Zoology
a. The common cavity that serves as the opening for the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts in many vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, monotremes, and some fishes.
b. The posterior part of the intestinal tract in various invertebrates.

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