cloaca — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cloaca noun The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.
- sewer noun An underground pipe or channel that carries away waste water and sewage.
- vent noun An opening that allows air, gas, or smoke to pass through or escape.
Senses
cloaca is used for these senses in English:
- cloaca (anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.
- sewer A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
- vent The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
cloaca — full definition
- noun The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.
- noun An outhouse or lavatory.
- noun A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
- noun Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems.
sewer — full definition
- noun An underground pipe or channel that carries away waste water and sewage.
- noun A person who sews.