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Cloaca
Pronunciation : Clo"a"ca
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L.]
Definition : 1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.
2. A privy.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.
pl. Cloac
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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