guanay

noun

gua·​nay

gwəˈnī

variants or less commonly guanay cormorant

plural guanayes

-īˌās

or guanays

-īz

: a white-breasted Peruvian cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) that is a source of guano

Word History

Etymology

guanay from American Spanish (Peru), probably from Quechua

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