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guano
/ˈɡwɑˌnoʊ/
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What does guano mean?
noun
- Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
- Coccothrinax borhidiana, a variety of palm tree indigenous to Cuba.
verb
- To fertilize (land) with guano.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) A variety of seabird.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡwɑˌnoʊ/
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The two small vessels which were probably water jars, were found buried in the guano at a depth of sixty-two feet.
Flesh-meal makes up into cattle-cake, which forms an excellent fattening food for cattle, while bone-meal and guano are very effective fertilizers.
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In all such instances I believe in tonic treatment, of wood-ashes, bone-dust, guano, and fertilizers of like nature, used with care.
Guano is more potent than any other manure because sea birds eat ocean fish, a very high protein and highly mineralized food.
These are formed by a superficial deposit of guano which never becomes thick, for it blows away as fast as it accumulates.