Cloacal vs. Cloaca

Cloacaladjective

Of or pertaining to the cloaca

Cloacanoun

A sewer.

Cloacaladjective

Of or pertaining to a cloaca.

Cloacanoun

(zoology) The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction.

Cloacanoun

An outhouse or lavatory.

Cloacanoun

A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.

Cloacanoun

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

Cloacanoun

A privy.

Cloacanoun

The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.

Cloacanoun

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

Cloaca

In animal anatomy, a cloaca ( kloh-AY-kə), plural cloacae ( kloh-AY-see or kloh-AY-kee) or cloacas, is the posterior orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, and a few mammals (monotremes, tenrecs, golden moles, and marsupial moles) have this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces; this is in contrast to most placental mammals, which have two or three separate orifices for evacuation.