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cloaca

/kloh-ey-kuh/US // kloʊˈeɪ kə //UK // (kləʊˈeɪkə) //

泄殖腔,泄殖孔,泄殖器,泄殖场

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural clo·a·cae [kloh-ey-see]. /kloʊˈeɪ si/.

    • : Zoology. the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals.a similar cavity in invertebrates.
    • : a sewer, especially an ancient sewer.

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Examples

  • The dinosaur’s cloaca appears to have a distinct color, which could have been used to signal for mates, as is sometimes the case for birds.

  • He had discarded his first instinct, which was to hide in the intricate Tetrahyde cloaca.

  • The two Oviducts do not open together into the cloaca, though, as my sections prove, their openings are very close together.

  • Each Wolffian duct ends blindly in front, and the two unite behind to open by a common papilla into the cloaca.

  • This involution grows backwards in the form of a duct and opens into the cloaca.

  • The lower end of the segmental duct unites with a horn of the cloaca.