cloaca

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They transform some of those same nitrogen-based compounds into solids known as "urates," which are expelled through a shared opening called the cloaca.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

It can “breathe” through its cloaca if it needs to.

From NewsForKids.net • Feb. 6, 2024

Instead they have a single orifice called a cloaca that is used for defecation as well as reproduction in both males and females.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2023

Non-mammals, such as birds and reptiles, have a common body opening, called a cloaca, for the digestive, excretory and reproductive systems.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The cloaca is divided by transverse circular folds, which project from its inner walls, into three successive chambers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various