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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

  1. 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.
  2. noun An outhouse or lavatory.
  3. noun A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
  4. noun Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems.

sewer — full definition

  1. noun An underground pipe or channel that carries away waste water and sewage.
  2. noun A person who sews.

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