cloaca

Plural: cloacae, cloacas

Noun

A sewer or a common chamber for waste in some vertebrates.
(zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
A sewer.
The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.
An outhouse or lavatory.
A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
Structure in the embryo during the development of the reproductive and urinary systems.

Examples

She managed to play CLOACA, emptying her rack and showing off her diverse vocabulary.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cloāca (“sewer”), related to cluō (“cleanse; purge”), but the derivation is uncertain.

Synonyms

sewer, sewerage, bathroom, vent

Scrabble Score: 10

cloaca: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cloaca: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cloaca: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

cloaca: valid Words With Friends Word