| NOUN | body | cloaca | (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 |
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| artifact | cloaca, sewer, sewerage | a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water |
| Meaning | (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. | |
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| Category | zoology, zoological science | The branch of biology that studies animals |
| Broader | cavity, bodily cavity, cavum | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body |
| Spanish | cloaca | |
| Catalan | cloaca | |
| Meaning | A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water. | |
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| Synonyms | sewer, sewerage | |
| Part of | sewage system, sewer system, sewage works | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage |
| Broader | drain, drainpipe, waste pipe | A pipe through which liquid is carried away |
| Spanish | alcantarillado, alcantarilla, cloaca | |
| Catalan | clavegueram, claveguera | |
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