Cloaca Definition

klō-ākə
cloacae, cloaca
noun
cloacae
A sewer or cesspool.
Webster's New World
The cavity into which both the intestinal and the genitourinary tracts empty in reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
Webster's New World
In some invertebrates, a similar cavity serving as an excretory, respiratory, and reproductive duct.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cloaca

Noun

Singular:
cloaca
Plural:
cloacae

Origin of Cloaca

  • Latin cloāca sewer, canal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cloaca Sentence Examples

  • The cloaca is divided by transverse circular folds, which project from its inner walls, into three successive chambers.

  • Trophi virgate exsertile; germary paired; genito-urinary cloaca opening above the neck in the male, subapically in the female.

  • Gut blind (Paraseison), or opening into cloaca (Seison).

  • The mouth is terminal or subterminal; there is a weak sucking pharynx situated behind the brain, and a long intestine lying along the medio-ventral body-cavity; it ends in a cloaca which receives the vasa deferentia in the male.

  • The Nematomorpha form an isolated group; at first sight they seem to be connected with the Nematoda, but in reality their only common feature is the tubular genitalia opening into a cloaca, and it seems at present impossible to connect them with the Annelida.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With C and Ending With A

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