guano
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noʊ noun
1.
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
2.
any similar substance, as an artificial fertilizer made from fish.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Spanish: fertilizer, dung; American Spanish huano dung < Quechua wanu dung for fuel, fertilizer
1595–1605; < Spanish: fertilizer, dung; American Spanish huano dung < Quechua wanu dung for fuel, fertilizer
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| —n , pl -nos | |
| 1. | a. 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 |
| b. the accumulated droppings of bats and seals | |
| 2. | any similar but artificial substance used as a fertilizer |
| [C17: from Spanish, from Quechuan huano dung] | |
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Word Origin & History
guano
1604, from Sp. guano "dung," especially of sea-birds on islands off Peru, from Quechua huanu "dung." Guanine, named 1850, so called because first isolated from guano.
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Example sentences
All guano collected from an individual was regarded as a single sample.
Their guano carries diseases and that alone should be a enough to convince you otherwise.
Bats also come and go, leaving behind guano, and their dead.
Bat guano is an excellent fertilizer because it is high in nitrates.
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