cloaca
cloacae
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pluralof cloaca.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of the new compounds, lolamicin, selectively targeted some "laboratory strains of gram-negative pathogens including Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae," the researchers found.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
At higher doses, lolamicin killed up to 90% of multidrug-resistant E. coli, K. pneumoniae and E. cloacae clinical isolates.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Finally, we’re testing truly healthy specimens: we’re going out into the environment, and we’re banding birds and swabbing their eyelids and cloacae.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 13, 2021
Bird cloacae are round or square and normally covered up by feathers, unless you’ve ever seen an ostrich evacuate and wondered what the hell you’re looking at.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2020
He pointed to a hole in the ground, which resembled those that led down to the cloacae.
From Historical Miniatures by August Strindberg
