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What (who) is guano - definition
guano
![The [[Ozark cavefish]], a species that depends on bat guano as a source of food.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amblyopsis rosae.jpg?width=200 "The [[Ozark cavefish]], a species that depends on bat guano as a source of food.")
![Guano Island]] near [[Walvis Bay]] in [[Namibia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bird Island, Walvis Bay (Namibia).jpg?width=200 "Guano Island]] near [[Walvis Bay]] in [[Namibia]]")
![herring gull]] (''Larus argentatus'') excreting waste near [[Île-de-Bréhat]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DefecatingSeagull.jpg?width=200 "herring gull]] (''Larus argentatus'') excreting waste near [[Île-de-Bréhat]].")
![The [[Guanay cormorant]] has historically been the most important producer of guano.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leucocarbo bougainvillii qtl2.jpg?width=200 "The [[Guanay cormorant]] has historically been the most important producer of guano.")
.jpg?width=200 "Insectivorous species like this Mexican Free-Tailed Bat eliminate pests, pollinate flowers, and disperse seeds.")
EXCREMENT OF SEABIRDS, CAVE-DWELLING BATS, PINNIPEDS, OR (IN ENGLISH USAGE) BIRDS MORE GENERALLY
Batshit; Bat guano; Bird droppings; Bat shit; Phosphate rock island; Bat paste; Bat poop; Bat Shit; Bat poo; Bird shit; Seal shit; Seabird shit; Bat droppings; Bat Guano; Birdshit; Bird Shit
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¦ noun (plural guanos) the excrement of seabirds, used as fertilizer.
?an artificial fertilizer resembling this, especially one made from fish.
Origin
C17: from Sp., or from Latin Amer. Sp. huano, from Quechua huanu 'dung'.
guano
EXCREMENT OF SEABIRDS, CAVE-DWELLING BATS, PINNIPEDS, OR (IN ENGLISH USAGE) BIRDS MORE GENERALLY
Batshit; Bat guano; Bird droppings; Bat shit; Phosphate rock island; Bat paste; Bat poop; Bat Shit; Bat poo; Bird shit; Seal shit; Seabird shit; Bat droppings; Bat Guano; Birdshit; Bird Shit
Guano is the faeces of sea birds and bats. It is used as a fertilizer.
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Guano
EXCREMENT OF SEABIRDS, CAVE-DWELLING BATS, PINNIPEDS, OR (IN ENGLISH USAGE) BIRDS MORE GENERALLY
Batshit; Bat guano; Bird droppings; Bat shit; Phosphate rock island; Bat paste; Bat poop; Bat Shit; Bat poo; Bird shit; Seal shit; Seabird shit; Bat droppings; Bat Guano; Birdshit; Bird Shit
·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Guano
Guano (Spanish from ) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds and bats. As a manure, guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to its exceptionally high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, all key nutrients essential for plant growth.
Examples of use of guano
1. Until 1'12, the island was inhabited by workers mining guano deposits used for fertiliser.
2. When they checked the attic, they found dead bats and piles of guano.
3. Workers wear powder from the ruddy dirt like uniforms as they hurl pickaxes into the soil and shovel raw dung, known as "guano bruto." They collect on average 77 tons (70 metric tons) of guano a day.
4. From 2001 to 2007 Ofot Gavrieli allowed chicken parts, blood, guano and feathers to stream into the street.
5. Its canvas–wrapped bow cannon hasn‘t fired and probably won‘t, and the islets in question are obscure, guano–encrusted outcroppings.