Cloaca

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloaca \Clo"a"ca\, n.; pl. {Cloac[ae]}. [L.]
     1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.
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     2. A privy.
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     3. (Anat.) The common chamber into which the intestinal,
        urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds,
        reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cloaca
       n : a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn:
            {sewer}, {sewerage}]
       [also: {cloacae} (pl)]