guano

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"My dear, the guano will be here to-day; so the horses will be wanted all the week--remember that."

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  1. noun A substance composed chiefly of the dung of sea birds or bats, accumulated along certain coastal areas or in caves and used as fertilizer.
  2. noun Any of various similar substances, such as a fertilizer prepared from ground fish parts.

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  • "My dear, the guano will be here to-day; so the horses will be wanted all the week--remember that." —  The Bertrams
  • Conceiving the object to be a very laudable one, I will give the result of a few experiments tried with Peruvian guano by myself, and others which have come under my observation; but in doing so I think it would be of great utility to state what kind of soil the guano was applied to. —  Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers
  • I may remark, that where the guano was applied in the autumn, the crop was quite one third greater than where it only received the spring dressing. —  Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers
  • "My dear, the guano will be here to-day; so the horses will be wanted all the week -- remember that." —  The Bertrams
  • The bird which produces the guano is a sort of tern, with red bill and legs. —  A Voyage round the World A book for boys
 

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  1. Spanish, from Quechua huanu, dung.

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  1. Spanish guano, huano, from Peruvian huanu, dung.
  2. from guano, n.
 

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/ˈgwɑnoʊ/
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