cloaca

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Spanish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkə

[edit] Etymology

Latin cloaca (“‘sewer’”), from cluere (“‘to cleanse’”).

[edit] Noun

cloaca (plural cloacae)

1. A sewer.
2. (anatomy) The common duct in fish, reptiles, birds and some primitive mammals that serves as the anus as well as the genital opening.

[edit] Synonyms

• vent

[edit] Derived terms

• cloacal

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

cloaca f. (plural cloache)

1. sewer
2. cesspit, cesspool
3. (anatomy) cloaca

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

cloaca f

1. A sewer or underground drain

[edit] Related terms

• cloacare

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin cloaca (“‘sewer’”), from cluere (“‘to cleanse’”).

[edit] Noun

cloaca f. (plural cloacas)

1. sewer
2. (zoology) cloaca