urodaeum

noun

uro·​dae·​um

plural -s

: the part of the cloaca (as of a bird) into which the ureters and genital ducts empty

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ur- entry 1 + -odaeum (from Greek hodaion, neuter of hodaios on the way, from hodos way)

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