urodeum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The central part of cloaca that receives urine from the ureter.

Word forms

urodeum urodea

Etymology

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

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