cloaque
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin cloaca.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcloaque m (plural cloaques)
- cesspool, cesspit
- (anatomy) cloaca (duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction)
Further reading
edit- “cloaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.