cloaca

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes) A sewer.
  2. The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.
  3. An outhouse or lavatory.
  4. A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
  5. Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems.

Vertalings

cloaca

υπόνομος

du tube digestif

αποχωρητήριο

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kləʊˈeɪkə/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin cloāca (“sewer”), related to cluō (“cleanse; purge”), but the derivation is uncertain.

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