CLOACA DEFINITIONS - 7 definitions found
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
cloaca
n 1: (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
2: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn:
sewer, sewerage, cloaca]
Anagrams 
cloaca
accola
English Etymology Dictionary 
cloaca
1656, Mod.L., euphemism for "sewer," from L. cloaca "sewer," from cluere
"to cleanse," from PIE base *klu- "to rinse, clean."
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
cloaca noun (plural cloacae)
Etymology: Latin; akin to Greek klyzein to wash — more at
clyster Date: 1599 1. sewer III 2. [New Latin, from
Latin] the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts
discharge especially in monotreme mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and
elasmobranch fishes; also a comparable chamber of an invertebrate
3. cesspool 2 • cloacal adjective
Oxford English Reference Dictionary 
cloaca n. (pl. cloacae) 1 the genital and excretory cavity at the end of the intestinal canal in birds, reptiles, etc. 2 a sewer. Derivatives: cloacal adj. Etymology:
L, = sewer
English Explanatory Dictionary 
cloaca
kləuˈeɪkə n. (pl. cloacae) 1 the genital and excretory cavity at
the end of the intestinal canal in birds, reptiles, etc. 2 a sewer. øøcloacal
adj. [L, = sewer]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Cloaca \Clo"a"ca\, n.; pl. Cloac[ae]. [L.]
1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.
2. A privy.
3. (Anat.) The common chamber into which the intestinal,
urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds,
reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.
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