guano
noun
gua·no
ˈgwä-(ˌ)nō 
: a fertilizer containing the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats
broadly
: excrement especially of seabirds or bats
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The team also found guano, or bat and bird poop, in the hearth.
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Definitely for the best, as bat guano in the chunnel started everybody hallucinating.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 3 Nov. 2024
In addition to nitrate, the territory contains guano, copper, silver and tin and deposits of salt and borax.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
Gross and his team discovered that the new buds blossom around the time when the fish transition from eating larval crustaceans to gobbling up their adulthood staple: bat guano.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Definitely for the best, as bat guano in the chunnel started everybody hallucinating.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 3 Nov. 2024
In addition to nitrate, the territory contains guano, copper, silver and tin and deposits of salt and borax.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
Gross and his team discovered that the new buds blossom around the time when the fish transition from eating larval crustaceans to gobbling up their adulthood staple: bat guano.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Guano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guano. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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guano
noun
gua·no
ˈgwän-ō
: a substance composed chiefly of the excrement of seabirds or bats and used as a fertilizer
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