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cloaca.

A sewer.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kləʊ̯ˈeɪ̯.kə/Received-Pronunciation/kloʊ̯ˈeɪ̯.kə/Canada, General-American/kləʉ̯ˈæɪ̯.kə/Australia/klɐʉ̯ˈæɪ̯.kə/New-Zealand
  1. A sewer.

    figuratively · sometimes
  2. The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, 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.

Where this word comes from

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

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