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cloaca Definition


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cloaca
noun cloacae
    1. zool.
      In most vertebrates apart from mammals: the terminal region of the gut, into which the alimentary canal and the urinary and reproductive systems all open and discharge their contents.
    2. A sewer.
Derivative: cloacal
adj
    Etymology: 18c: Latin meaning ‘sewer', from cluere to purge.



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