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  • 1. cloaca
  • 2. cloaca
  • Cloaca in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. cloaca
  • 2. cloaca
  • Cloaca in a sentence
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. cloaca

noun. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.

Synonyms

  • sewage works
  • sewer
  • waste pipe
  • sewage system
  • drainpipe
  • sewer system
  • sewerage

Antonyms

  • fill
  • good fortune
  • good luck

Etymology

  • cloaca (Latin)
  • cluo (Latin)

2. cloaca

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.

Synonyms

  • cavum
  • cavity

Etymology

  • cloaca (Latin)
  • cluo (Latin)

Sentences with cloaca


1. Noun, singular or mass
Once you turn the ostrich's cloaca (or vent) slightly inside out, you should be able to see if there is a phallus present on the chick.

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