cloaque
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin cloaca.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cloaque m (plural cloaques)
- cesspool, cesspit
- (anatomy) cloaca (duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction)
Further reading[edit]
- “cloaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.