guano

See also Guano

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Spanish guano, from a Quechuan language huanu (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ

Noun

guano (uncountable)

1. 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

• batshit

Translations

dung from a sea bird or from a bat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海鳥糞 (cmn), 海鸟粪 (cmn) (hǎiniǎofèn)

• Czech: guáno (cs) n
• Dutch: guano (nl)
• Estonian: guaano (et)
• Finnish: guano (fi)
• French: guano (fr) m
• German: Guano (de) m

• Hebrew: גואנו (he)
• Icelandic: drit (is) n
• Japanese: グアノ (ja) (guano)
• Polish: guano (pl) n
• Portuguese: guano (pt) m
• Russian: гуано (ru) (guáno) n
• Spanish: guano (es) m

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Finnish

Noun

guano

1. guano

Declension

Declension of guano (type valo) singular plural nominative guano guanot genitive guanon guanojen partitive guanoa guanoja accusative guano guanon guanot 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

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Italian

Noun

guano m (plural guani)

1. guano

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Portuguese

Mineração de guano

Etymology

From Spanish guano, from a Quechuan language huanu (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˈgwɐ.no/

Noun

guano m (usually uncountable)

1. (uncountable) guano (bat or sea bird feces)
2. fertilizer made from such feces