cloaca

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cloaca
    n 1: (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
    2: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn:
       {sewer}, {sewerage}, {cloaca}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cloaca \Clo"a"ca\, n.; pl. {Cloac[ae]}. [L.]
   1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.
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   2. A privy.
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   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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