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Cloaca

noun
(pl. cloacae)
1.
(zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open.
2.
A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.  Synonyms: sewer, sewerage.





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... The very Cloaca of Tarquin at Rome are as poetical as Richmond Hill; many will think so: take away Rome and leave the Tiber and the seven hills in the nature of Evander's time. Let Mr. Bowles, or Mr. Wordsworth, or Mr. Southey, or any of the other "naturals," make ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III • Various


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