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cloaca
/kloʊ̯ˈeɪ̯.kə/
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What does cloaca mean?
noun
- (figuratively) A sewer.
- 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.
- An outhouse or lavatory.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
- Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems.
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IPA pronunciation
/kloʊ̯ˈeɪ̯.kə/
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After working an hour I began to speculate on the distance one had to go before the cloaca was reached, the chances we had of missing it altogether.
At a much earlier period the uterus was double; the excreta were voided through a cloaca; and the eye was protected by a third eyelid or nictitating membrane.
More book examples (2)
“His time is inexhaustible; he has nothing under the sun to do. Have you, Rowland? If you had seen the big hole I have been making in it! Where will you go first? You have your choice--from the Scala Santa to the Cloaca Maxima.”
Nay, the observations on finance of an M.C. whose sole knowledge of the subject has been derived from a life-long success in getting a living out of the public without paying any equivalent therefor, will perhaps be of interest hereafter to some explorer of our cloaca maxima, whenever it is cleansed.