cloaca

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Latin cloāca (“sewer”), from cluō (“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.

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duct

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cloaca f. (plural cloache)

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

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From cluō (“cleanse”).

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cloāca (genitive cloācae); f, first declension

  1. A sewer or underground drain
  2. (humorous) The stomach of a drunken or voracious woman

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Number Singular Plural
nominative cloāca cloācae
genitive cloācae cloācārum
dative cloācae cloācīs
accusative cloācam cloācās
ablative cloācā cloācīs
vocative cloāca cloācae

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin cloāca (“sewer”), from cluō (“cleanse”).

[edit] Noun

cloaca f. (plural cloacas)

  1. sewer
  2. (zoology) cloaca
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