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Word: Guano
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Spanish, or from Latin American Spanish huano, from Quechua huanu ‘dung’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡwɑːnəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer.
Short Definition:excrement of seabirds, occurring in thick deposits notably on islands off Peru and Chile, and used as fertilizer
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