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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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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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