cloaca
The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, , and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.
Other meanings
An outhouse or lavatory.
A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
A kind of
- cavity
Word history
From Latin "cloāca" (sewer).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cloaca” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.