transcription, транскрипция: [ klō-ˈā-kə ]
noun
( plural clo·a·cae -ˌkē, -ˌsē)
Etymology: Latin; akin to Greek klyzein to wash — more at clyster
Date: 1599
1. : sewer III
2.
[New Latin, from Latin]
: the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts discharge especially in monotreme mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and elasmobranch fishes ; also : a comparable chamber of an invertebrate
3. : cesspool 2
• clo·a·cal -ˈā-kəl adjective