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Recent Examples of guano
All that airborne guano is nature’s marine fertilizer, and scientists have been vastly underestimating how much seabird poop is actually fertilizing our oceans and coastlines.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Bat droppings: Also known as guano, these small, dark pellets can be found in windowsills, porches, or the attic.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2025
Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
Protection for seabirds and their habitats The results suggest that penguin guano may be helping to reduce the effects of climate change on the penguins’ own habitat of Antarctica.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 May 2025
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Bat droppings: Also known as guano, these small, dark pellets can be found in windowsills, porches, or the attic.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2025
Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
Protection for seabirds and their habitats The results suggest that penguin guano may be helping to reduce the effects of climate change on the penguins’ own habitat of Antarctica.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guano
Noun
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The smell of dirt, hay and horse manure permeated the building.—
Chris Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Tetanus bacteria live in soil and manure.—
Mustafa Fattah,
NBC news,
24 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The disposal of human excrement is not a new issue.—
NPR,
NPR,
19 Nov. 2025
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There are some large, black ravens, two nesting macaws shielded from view, and four pairs of African greys in cages, their floors coated with excrement.—
Rene Ebersole,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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That fascination has led to more recent, post-retirement explorations into the role that the lowly dung and the lofty condor play in maintaining environmental health and balance.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The farmers also pitched in with efforts of their own, including adjusting fertilizer methods, controlling soil erosion and increasing on-site water retention.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Another key area involves developing artificial lunar and Martian soil simulants to test rover traction and propulsion systems.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Moore turns her daughter around and shows off her backside, which is also covered in poop.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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More than 15 poops were under a counter by the coffee station.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Moreover, at higher temperatures, pine cones stored in middens, which act as a refrigerator, tend to spoil faster.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.—
Alex Beam,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 May 2018
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“Guano.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guano. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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