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cloaca::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sewer, sewerage |
| Type of | waste pipe, drain, drainpipe |
cloaca::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cavity, bodily cavity, cavum |
Examples of cloaca
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This material, as well as the output of the intestines, emerges from the cloaca.
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He was acutely aware of society's being balanced precariously over a brimming cloaca.
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Before mating, the male smells the female, paying particular attention to the cloaca.
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Cloaca is a machine that reproduces, with gross exactitude, excrement.
From the guardian.co.uk
A pair of protonephridia open into a bladder that drains into the cloaca.
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They have one opening for excretion and reproduction called the cloaca.
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Ip sampled the tank water regularly, and collected any urine passed through the cloaca.
From the newscientist.com
Fungi such as Penicillium infect loggerhead sea turtle nests and cloaca.
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Male and female birds have a cloaca, an opening through which eggs, sperm, and wastes pass.
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- (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
- Sewer: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- The cloaca is a structure in the development of the urinary and reproductive organs.
- 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. ...
- (cloacal) Of or pertaining to the cloaca or the sewer
- The single excretory cavity in some animals.
- A bird's single opening for solid and liquid wastes, as well as for reproductive cells (eggs or sperm).
