coprodeum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The most cranial division of the cloaca.

Word forms

coprodeum coprodea

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.

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