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Webster 1913 Edition
Guano
Gua′no
,Noun.
pl.
Guanos
(#)
. [Sp.
guano
, fr. Peruv. huanu
dung.] A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Guano
GU`ANO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Guano
guano
guano
English
Noun
guano (countable and uncountable, plural guanos)
- Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
- 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
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
dung from a sea bird or from a bat
Finnish
Noun
guano
Declension
| Inflection of guano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | guano | guanot | |
| genitive | guanon | guanojen | |
| partitive | guanoa | guanoja | |
| illative | guanoon | guanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | guano | guanot | |
| accusative | nom. | guano | guanot |
| gen. | guanon | ||
| genitive | guanon | guanojen | |
| partitive | guanoa | guanoja | |
| inessive | guanossa | guanoissa | |
| elative | guanosta | guanoista | |
| illative | guanoon | guanoihin | |
| adessive | guanolla | guanoilla | |
| ablative | guanolta | guanoilta | |
| allative | guanolle | guanoille | |
| essive | guanona | guanoina | |
| translative | guanoksi | guanoiksi | |
| instructive | — | guanoin | |
| abessive | guanotta | guanoitta | |
| comitative | — | guanoineen | |
Portuguese
Mineração de guano
Etymology
Borrowing from Spanish guano, from a Quechuan language huanu (“dung”).
Pronunciation
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɐ.no/
Noun
guano m (uncountable)
- (uncountable) guano (bat or sea bird feces)
- fertilizer made from such feces