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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gua•no (gwä′nō),USA pronunciation n. - a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found esp. on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- any similar substance, as an artificial fertilizer made from fish.
- Quechua wanu dung for fuel, fertilizer
- Spanish: fertilizer, dung; American Spanish huano dung
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: guano /ˈɡwɑːnəʊ/ n ( pl -nos)- 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
Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish, from Quechuan huano dung |