guanay

[gwuh-nahy; Sp. gwah-nahy]

noun, plural gua·nay·es

[-nahy-eys; Sp. -nah-yes] , gua·nays.

a cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, of islands off the coasts of Peru and Chile, a chief source of guano.

Also called guanay cormorant.

Origin:
1855–60; < American Spanish guanae, apparently as back formation from colonial Spanish huanaes, as plural of huano guano, taken as the name of the bird that produced it

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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