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Webster 1913 Edition


Cloaca

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Clo′a′ca

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cloacæ
(#)
.
[L.]
1.
A sewer;
as, the
Cloaca Maxima
of Rome
.
2.
A privy.
3.
(Anat.)
The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.