Friday, August 14, 2009
Cloaca
cloaca \klō-ˈā-kə\ noun: 1. sewer, 2. the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts discharge, especially in monotreme mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and elasmobranch fishes; also: a comparable chamber of an invertebrate, 3. cesspool
plural cloacae \ klō-ˈā-ˌkē\
Etymology: Latin; akin to Greek klyzein to wash
Cute word.
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