"cloaca" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kləʊˈeɪkə/ [UK], /kloʊˈeɪkə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cloaca.wav 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”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|cloacae}} cloaca (plural cloacas or cloacae)
  1. (sometimes figurative) A sewer. Tags: figuratively, sometimes Synonyms (sewer): sewer
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  2. (anatomy, zoology) 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. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Zoology, Genitalia, Toilet (room) Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, 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)
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  3. An outhouse or lavatory. Synonyms (outhouse or lavatory): bathroom
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  4. (anatomy) A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Genitalia Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms (duct): vent
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  5. (embryology) Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems. Categories (topical): Embryology, Genitalia Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: external genitalia Derived forms: cloacal, cloacinal, cloacitis, persistent cloaca

Inflected forms

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      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Embryology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embryology",
          "embryology"
        ],
        [
          "embryo",
          "embryo"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(embryology) Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "embryology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "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, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клоа́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xièzhíqiāng",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "泄殖腔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kloaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "kloako"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "kloaak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "kloaakki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kloake"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amára",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αμάρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "kloak"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "biv",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בִּיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "kloáka"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "kloako"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clóáca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, 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, reptiles, 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, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "排出腔"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kloaka",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клоака"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloacă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kloáka",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клоа́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "kiloaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kloaköppning"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "huyệt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.",
      "word": "lỗ huyệt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cloaca",
    "cloaca (embryology)"
  ],
  "word": "cloaca"
}

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