cloaca PRONUNCIATION: (klo-AY-kuh) plural cloacae (klo-AY-se, - TopicsExpress



          

cloaca PRONUNCIATION: (klo-AY-kuh) plural cloacae (klo-AY-se, -kee) MEANING: noun: 1. An outhouse. 2. A sewer. 3. The common duct into which intestinal, urinary, and genital tracts open in birds, reptiles, most fishes, and some mammals. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cloaca (sewer, canal), from cluere (to cleanse). Earliest documented use: 1656. USAGE: The present stock of ministers have turned politics and governance alike into a cloaca.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:51:07 +0000

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