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Cloaca

nounid 31553·updated May 18, 2026
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(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

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synonym
sewer
plural
Cloacas
possessive
Cloaca's
pluralpossessive
Cloacas'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
§2
(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

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