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CLOAQUE [5 records]

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Record 1 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
DEF

The pit-like chamber that contains the anus and urogenital openings of chondrichthyans; a common opening for digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts in many fishes.

CONT

In the sharks ..., the anus opens into a depression on the ventral body surface, the cloaca, which contains ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
CONT

Un cloaque n'est vraiment développé que chez les Sélaciens et les Dipneustes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
DEF

Porción terminal del aparato digestivo de algunos invertebrados.

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Record 2 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
DEF

In birds, a common passage for fecal, urinary and reproductive discharge.

OBS

The external opening to the cloaca. Comparable to the anus in mammals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Chez les oiseaux, orifice dans lequel débouchent les voies urinaires et génitales ainsi que l'anus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Aves
DEF

Cavidad posterior del sistema digestivo de aves, reptiles, anfibios y muchas especies de peces.

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Record 3 1995-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Bowels
CONT

"Cloaca" is the term applied to the end of the digestive tube when this receives the urinary and genital ducts as well as the intestine. A cloaca is general throughout vertebrates except in placental mammals ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Intestins
CONT

[Chez les Vertébrés autres que mammifères placentaires.] L'extrémité inférieure du gros intestin forme un cloaque où débouchent les conduits urinaires et génitaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Intestinos
CONT

Equidna y ornitorrinco poseen una sola abertura, la cloaca, para el paso, desde el seno urogenital, de los productos intestinales, urinarios y reproductores.

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Record 4 1994-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
OBS

Equipment used in poultry eviscerating plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

Matériel d'abattage et d'éviscération des volailles.

OBS

Le métier n'utilise que le mot anglais ou la marque utilisée au Québec, «Jarvis».

Key term(s)
  • Jarvis

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Poultry Production
DEF

Occlusion of the cloacal vent of young chicks by pasty masses of feces adhering to the down, usually associated with diarrhea.

CONT

When chicks get hot they drink more water and develop diarrhea. This soils the vent which becomes wet and dark-coloured. This is called pasting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

Occlusion causée par l'accumulation de masses fécales à la sortie du claque (chez les volailles), souvent associée à la diarrhée.

Spanish

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