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English noun: cloaca

1. cloaca (body) (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


Broader (hypernym)bodily cavity, cavity, cavum


Domain categoryzoological science, zoology

2. cloaca (artifact) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water


Synonymssewer, sewerage


Broader (hypernym)drain, drainpipe, waste pipe


Part meronymsewage system, sewage works, sewer system









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