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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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The most cranial division of the cloaca. Full definition →
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.