"cloaca" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kləʊˈeɪkə/ [UK], /kloʊˈeɪkə/ [US] Forms: cloacas [plural], cloacae [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪkə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cloāca (“sewer”), from cluō (“cleanse; purge”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cloāca||sewer}} Latin cloāca (“sewer”), {{m|la|cluō||cleanse; purge}} cluō (“cleanse; purge”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|cloacae}} cloaca (plural cloacas or cloacae)
  1. (sometimes figurative) A sewer. Tags: figuratively, sometimes Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms (sewer): sewer
    Sense id: en-cloaca-en-noun-TnjcIJOR Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 12 38 17 32 Disambiguation of 'sewer': 94 2 2 2
  2. (zoology) The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (anatomical feature of birds etc): клоа́ка (kloáka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cloaca [feminine] (Catalan), 泄殖腔 (xièzhíqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), kloaka [feminine] (Czech), cloaca [feminine] (Dutch), kloako (Esperanto), kloaak (Estonian), kloaakki (Finnish), cloaque [masculine] (French), Kloake [feminine] (German), αμάρα (amára) [feminine] (Greek), kloak (Haitian Creole), בִּיב (biv) [masculine] (Hebrew), kloáka (Hungarian), kloako (Ido), clóáca [masculine] (Irish), cloaca [feminine] (Italian), fogna [feminine] (Italian), 総排出腔 (alt: そうはいしゅつこう, sōhaishutsukō, そうはいしゅつくう, sōhaishutsukū) (Japanese), 排出腔 (alt: はいしゅつこう, haishutsukō, はいしゅつくう, haishutsukū) (Japanese), клоака (kloaka) [feminine] (Macedonian), cloaca [feminine] (Portuguese), cloacă [feminine] (Romanian), клоа́ка (kloáka) [feminine] (Russian), cloaca [feminine] (Spanish), kiloaka (Swahili), kloaköppning [common-gender] (Swedish), huyệt (Vietnamese), lỗ huyệt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cloaca-en-noun-Zk7dz-Bb Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 12 38 17 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 52 9 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 69 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 65 8 22 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'anatomical feature of birds etc': 10 53 7 31
  3. An outhouse or lavatory. Categories (topical): Toilet (room) Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms (outhouse or lavatory): bathroom
    Sense id: en-cloaca-en-noun-cIPfes9G Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 15 7 68 10 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 12 38 17 32 Disambiguation of 'outhouse or lavatory': 2 2 94 2
  4. (anatomy) A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body. Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-cloaca-en-noun-Pe7CEwBf Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 12 38 17 32 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (duct): vent Derived forms: cloacal, cloacinal, cloacitis, persistent cloaca Related terms: monotreme
Disambiguation of 'duct': 6 44 2 49

Inflected forms

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      },
      "expansion": "cloaca (plural cloacas or cloacae)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "monotreme"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1773, Gentleman's Magazine, number 43, page 598",
          "text": "The Thames, polluted with the filthy effusions of the cloacae.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1850, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in Latter-day Pamphlets, page 46:",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "[…] that tremendous cloaca of Pauperism […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 266",
          "text": "After working an hour, I began to speculate on the distance one had to go before the cloaca was reached the chances we had of missing it altogether.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sewer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sewer",
          "sewer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes figurative) A sewer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Zoology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1822, John Mason Good, The Study of Medicine, volume I, page 7",
          "text": "In birds the rectum, at the termination of its canal, forms an oval or elongated pouch […] and then expands into a cavity, which has been named cloaca.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "duct",
          "duct"
        ],
        [
          "reptile",
          "reptile"
        ],
        [
          "amphibian",
          "amphibian"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "as well as",
          "as well as"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "outlet",
          "outlet"
        ],
        [
          "urination",
          "urination"
        ],
        [
          "defecation",
          "defecation"
        ],
        [
          "reproduction",
          "reproduction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1840, Frederick Marryat, chapter XXIV, in Olla Podrida",
          "text": "To every house […] a cloaca.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 55",
          "text": "Only think of that cloaca being supplied daily with such dainty bibliographical treasures!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outhouse or lavatory."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outhouse",
          "outhouse"
        ],
        [
          "lavatory",
          "lavatory"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1846, Joseph François Malgaigne, translated by Frederick Brittan, Manual of Operative Surgery, page 172",
          "text": "Across this shell [sc. of bone] small holes are eaten, by which the matter escapes, and which are called cloacae (Weidmann).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "duct",
          "duct"
        ],
        [
          "gangrenous",
          "gangrenous"
        ],
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kləʊˈeɪkə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kloʊˈeɪkə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪkə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "sewer",
      "word": "sewer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "duct",
      "word": "vent"
    },
    {
      "sense": "outhouse or lavatory",
      "word": "bathroom"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kloáka",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клоа́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xièzhíqiāng",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "泄殖腔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kloaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "kloako"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "kloaak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "kloaakki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kloake"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amára",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αμάρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "kloak"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "biv",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בִּיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "kloáka"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "kloako"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clóáca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fogna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうはいしゅつこう, sōhaishutsukō, そうはいしゅつくう, sōhaishutsukū",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "総排出腔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいしゅつこう, haishutsukō, はいしゅつくう, haishutsukū",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "排出腔"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kloaka",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клоака"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloacă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kloáka",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клоа́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "kiloaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kloaköppning"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "huyệt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds etc",
      "word": "lỗ huyệt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cloaca"
  ],
  "word": "cloaca"
}

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