See Also: cloaca(medicine)
Cloaca(health)
cloaca(dictionary)
cloaca(encyclopedia)
ectodermal cloaca(medicine)
endodermal cloaca(medicine)
exstrophy of the cloaca(medicine)
persistent cloaca(medicine)

cloaca (iou)



cloaca noun. , -cas. L16.
[Latin cloaca, cluaca rel. to cluere cleanse.]
An underground conduit for drainage, a sewer. Also, a water-closet. L16.
fig.: Carlyle That tremendous Cloaca of Pauperism.
Zoology. A common cavity for the release of digestive and urogenital products in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes. M19.
cloacal adjective M17.