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Guano

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Table of contents

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Noun
1.3 Quotations

1.3.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Spanish, from Quechua huanu, dung.

Noun

guano (uncountable)

sea bird or bat dung

Quotations

1982: "grazes on bat excrement, delicately referred to as ‘bat guano’ in this week's Nature." —physics!tpkq, net.games.rogue
1995: "The great white bat has great white guano!" —Jim Carrey, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Translations

Dutch: guano
Estonian: guaano
French: guano
German: guano
Hebrew: גואנו
Polish: guano
Spanish: guano

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WordNet Definitions

The noun "guano" has one sense:

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