guanos

Noun

guano (countable and uncountable, plural guanos or guanoes)

1. Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
   • The guano, so extensively used for manure, is full of the most beautiful infusoria, some of them splendidly iridiscent; and there is no better method of testing the genuineness of this useful substance than by the microscope.1799, Edwin Sidney, Blights of the Wheat, and Their Remedies, page 175
2. Coccothrinax borhidiana, a variety of palm tree indigenous to Cuba.
   • A roof made of guano palm fronds will last up to 15 years, although Maya harvesters point out that the leaves must be cut when the moon is full; otherwise, the stems become susceptible to insect damage.2010, James D. Nations, The Maya Tropical Forest
3. (obsolete) A variety of seabird.
   • The Animals of these Islands, are some Hogs, Lizards, and Guanoes; and some of those Creatures mentioned in Chap. XI. which are like, but much bigger than the Guano.1703, William Dampier, A New Voyage round the World, volume 1

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