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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 category | zoological science, zoology | ||
| 2. | cloaca (artifact) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | ||
| Synonyms | sewer, sewerage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drain, drainpipe, waste pipe | ||
| Part meronym | sewage system, sewage works, sewer system | ||
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