Noun
- 1. cloaca, cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
- usage: (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
- 2. sewer, sewerage, cloaca, drain, drainpipe, waste pipe
- usage: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
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