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Cloacae

Cloaca \Clo"a"ca\, n.; pl. Cloac[ae]. [L.]

  1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

  2. A privy.

  3. (Anat.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.

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cloacae

n. (plural of cloaca English)

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cloacae

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cloaca

  1. n. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn: sewer, sewerage]

  2. [also: cloacae (pl)]

Usage examples of "cloacae".

And before this the river had become partially choked from the cloacae of the ancient city which poured into it through enormous subterranean aqueducts and drains.