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Cloaca   Listen
noun
Cloaca  n.  (pl. cloacae)  
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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"Cloaca" Quotes from Famous Books



... He had discarded his first instinct, which was to hide in the intricate Tetrahyde cloaca. Instead, an hour before dawn, he went directly to the large, brightly lighted building that housed ...
— The Status Civilization • Robert Sheckley
... great men invaluable; but I think as far as dealing with the Cloaca Maxima side of things is concerned, Rabelais has been the braver in inspiration. In these little matters one can only say, "some are born Rabelaisian, and some require to have Rabelais ...
— Visions and Revisions - A Book of Literary Devotions • John Cowper Powys


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