cloacal
/kləʊˈeɪkəl/US/kloʊˈeɪkəl/
cloacal adjective: of or pertaining to the cloaca.
Adjective
cloacal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the cloaca
- And it is our cloacal obsession which produces the hysterical hygiene ads […]1951, Marshal McLuhan, Mechanical Bride, page 62
Origin of cloacal
From cloaca + -al.
Words formed from cloacal
- adcloacal
- circumcloacal
- cloacal bladder
- cloacal gland
- cloacal kiss
- cloacally
- cloacal membrane
- cloacal plate
- extracloacal
- intracloacal
- paracloacal
- pericloacal
- postcloacal
- precloacal
- subcloacal
- supracloacal
Phrases with cloacal
Questions about cloacal
- What does cloacal mean?
- Cloacal means of or pertaining to the cloaca.
- What part of speech is cloacal?
- Cloacal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cloacal?
- Cloacal is pronounced /kləʊˈeɪkəl/ (UK).
Words near cloacal in the dictionary
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