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/klōˈākə/,
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cloacae, plural;
  1. A common cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of both excretory and genital products in vertebrates (except most mammals) and certain invertebrates. Specifically, the cloaca is present in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes

  2. A sewer

  1. (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
  2. sewer: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
  3. In zoological anatomy, a cloaca is the posterior opening that serves as the only such opening for the intestinal, reproductive, and urinary tracts of certain animal species. The word comes from Latin, and means sewer. ...
  4. Wim Delvoye (1965) is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist known for his inventive and often shocking projects. Much of his work is focused on the body. ...
  5. The cloaca is a structure in the development of the urinary and reproductive organs.
  6. Cloaca is a 2003 Dutch film, directed by Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen. It is a film adaptation of the 2002 theatre play Cloaca written by Maria Goos, who wrote the scenario for the film as well. ...
  7. (cloacal) Of or pertaining to the cloaca or the sewer
  8. The single excretory cavity in some animals.
  9. A bird's single opening for solid and liquid wastes, as well as for reproductive cells (eggs or sperm).
  10. Latin = a drain, sewer; common opening for intestinal, urinary and genital tracts in lower vertebrates, it is a transitory structure in human embryological development.
  11. The posterior opening of an animal, such as a Newt, from which they excrete both urine and faeces.
  12. common chamber at end of digestive and urogenital systems
  13. In nematodes: A common duct or cavity in which the digestive and reproductive systems terminate in males. (14)
  14. common duct for the passage of feces, urine and reproductive products in birds and reptiles. Also called a vent.
  15. opening in the back of the frog that allows passage of sperms, eggs, and waste products
  16. Term applied to posteriormost section of digestive tract in those tardigrades in which either oviduct or vasa deferentia open into rectum.
  17. common opening of the digestive, urinary and reproductive tracts.
  18. The glandular posterior-ventral opening shared by the alimentary canal, reproductive system, and urinary tract. During breeding season the cloaca of some male caudates may swell due to the enlargement of the cloacal glands; see Sexing article.
  19. The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary and reproductive duct discharge their contents, opening to the outside through the anus.
  20. The opening at the underside base of a snake's tail - used for excretion of fecal matter and for copulation.
  21. The final enlargement of the digestive tract in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fish, through which solid wastes, urine, and the products of the reproductive system all pass prior to defecation, egg laying, or copulation. It opens just below the tail of birds and is also known as the vent. ...
  22. Passage used for eliminating fecal, urinary and reproductive discharges
  23. The all-purpose genital and excretory opening of a salamander. Most everything that comes out of a newt's body does so here.
  24. The vat where the bodily wastes (solid and liquid) are stored until the parrot evacuates them. Sperm and ovum also pass through the cloaca on the way out of the body during breeding. The word cloaca comes from Latin for sewer.
  25. external opening to expel fecal matter. In birds there is a single opening for intestinal (fecal matter), urinal (urine & urates) & genital tracts