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cloaca
[ kloh-ey-kuh ]
noun
plural cloacae
- Zoology.
- the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals.
- a similar cavity in invertebrates.
- a sewer, especially an ancient sewer.
cloaca
/ əʊˈɪə /
noun
- a cavity in the pelvic region of most vertebrates, except higher mammals, and certain invertebrates, into which the alimentary canal and the genital and urinary ducts open
- a sewer
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ·c adjective
- pre·c adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cloaca1
1650–60; < Latin clo ( u ) āca, cluāca sewer, drain; probably akin to Greek ý to wash, wash away
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cloaca1
C18: from Latin: sewer; related to Greek kluzein to wash out
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As the researchers report today in Science, mom released a white substance from her cloaca, which her young immediately gobbled up.
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It can “breathe” through its cloaca if it needs to.
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Not every creature has one — birds, for example, simply eject sperm from their cloaca.
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The technique involves massaging a male’s cloaca from the outside with the thumb.
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And they’re like, ‘A pangolin kissed a turtle? Hurrrm. … Maybe a bat flew into the cloaca of a turkey and then it sneezed into my chili — and now we all have coronavirus.’
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