cloacal
- a word derived from cloaca.
Example Sentences
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An onboard polymerase chain reaction machine will allow them to quickly detect H5N1’s genetic fingerprint in cloacal swabs and other samples, helping them map infections.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 18, 2024
Once corralled, the birds will undergo a blood draw, as well as an oral and cloacal swab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
What she couldn’t find in person, she and her colleagues scavenged online, until the team had amassed a hefty survey of the known cloacal landscape.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
Digestive and excretory wastes are collected in a cloacal bladder before being released out the anus.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Into the groove open mucous glands, a large one anteriorly and another opening into a posteriorly cloacal, branchial cavity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
