单词 | cloaca |
释义 | cloaca/kləʊˈeɪkə /noun (plural cloacae /klsiːʊˈeɪkə/ /kləʊˈeɪkiː/) 1 Zoology A common cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of both excretory and genital products in vertebrates (except most mammals) and certain invertebrates.Instead, males deposit spermatophores on the substrate and females pick up these spermatophores with their cloaca later....
2 archaic A sewer.The cloaca maxima was the sewer system built in the sixth or seventh century BC, by one of the kings of Rome. Derivativescloacal
OriginLate 16th century (in the sense 'sewer'): from Latin, related to cluere 'cleanse'. The first sense dates from the mid 19th century. |
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