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
Most of the chemical digestion and absorption happens in the intestine and the waste is excreted through the cloaca.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
A single median ventral sinus passes backwards to the gills or cloaca.
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