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cloaca (klo-a´kә) pl. cloa´cae a common passage for fecal, urinary, and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates. in mammalian embryos, the terminal end of the hindgut before division into rectum, bladder, and the primordia of the reproductive organs. an opening in the covering or sheath of a necrosed bone. adj., cloa´cal., adj.
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