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View synonyms for guano
guano
[ gwah-noh ]
noun
- a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- any similar substance, as an artificial fertilizer made from fish.
guano
/ ˈɡwɑːnəʊ /
noun
- the dried excrement of fish-eating sea birds, deposited in rocky coastal regions of South America: contains the urates, oxalates, and phosphates of ammonium and calcium; used as a fertilizer
- the accumulated droppings of bats and seals
- any similar but artificial substance used as a fertilizer
guano
/ gwä′nō /
- A substance composed chiefly of the dung of sea birds or bats, accumulated along certain coastal areas or in caves and used as fertilizer.
- Any of various similar substances, such as a fertilizer prepared from ground fish parts.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guano1
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Spanish: “fertilizer, dung”; Latin American Spanish huano “dung,” from Quechua wanu “dung for fuel, fertilizer”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guano1
C17: from Spanish, from Quechuan huano dung
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Example Sentences
Possibly the use of guano might make wheat a paying crop, but he still doubted.
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In the subjoined tables the composition of a great variety of different kinds of guano is given.
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The value and use of guano are now so well understood, that it is scarcely necessary to enlarge on the mode of its application.
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Hence an important difference between Peruvian guano and most other varieties.
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The variety of guano to be selected must depend to a great extent on the use to which it is to be put.
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