DictionaryRoot: huanu

Quechua

huanu

dung

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A compact paired scene shows the material and its use: seabirds perched above a thick accumulation of droppings on coastal rock, and a gardener scattering the same pale, crumbly material onto soil around vegetable seedlings.

noun

guano

GWAH-noh/ˈɡwɑːnəʊ/

Accumulated seabird or bat droppings used as fertilizer.

Etymology

guanoQuechuadung

Quechua huanu means “dung.” The English sense specializes that broad meaning to accumulated seabird or bat droppings used as fertilizer.

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