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单词 cloaca
释义 cloaca
 —cloacal,  adj.  
 /kloh ay"keuh/,  n.  ,  pl.   cloacae /-see/.
  1.  Zool.  
   a. the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals.
   b. a similar cavity in invertebrates.
  2. a sewer, esp. an ancient sewer.
 [1650-60; < L clo(u)aca, cluaca sewer, drain; prob. akin to Gk klýzein to wash, wash away]
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