cloaca

A noun referring to a cavity at the end of the digestive tract in certain animals into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open, or a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.

• 🇩🇪Bezeichnung für die gemeinsame Körperöffnung am Ende des Darms bei vielen Tieren, in die Darm-, Harn- und Geschlechtswege münden, sowie für einen Abwasserkanal oder eine Grube zur Ableitung von Unrat oder Oberflächenwasser.

1. Biological cavity C1 formal scientific

   A chamber in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes into which the digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts empty.

   • In birds, the cloaca serves as the common opening for excretion and reproduction.
   • The frog's cloaca is located at the posterior end of its body.
   • Scientists studied the cloaca of the platypus to understand its unique anatomy.

   🇩🇪Kloake

   Synonyme: vent

2. Sewage pipe C1 formal technical

   A pipe or conduit that carries away waste water and sewage from buildings.

   • The ancient Romans built an extensive system of cloacae to drain the city.
   • A blocked cloaca caused flooding in the basement.
   • The city's main cloaca was upgraded to handle increased waste water.

   🇩🇪Abwasserrohr

   Synonyme: conduitdraindrainpipesewerwaste pipe

• cloacae plural form
• cloacae's possessive plural form
• cloaca's possessive singular form