coprodeum

English

Etymology

From copro- (“of or relating to excrement”) +‎ a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”), modelled after proctodeum and stomodeum.

Noun

coprodeum (plural coprodea)

  1. The most cranial division of the cloaca.
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