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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Since then, the island has hosted a vivid procession of conquistadors, conversos, maroons, priests, pirates, prisoners, guano miners, military men, treasure hunters, scientists and refugees.
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Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
First of all, any GM, coach or scout who believes this guano shouldn’t be running a Pee Wee team.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Their characteristic brown guano can be seen against the backdrop of Antarctic ice even from space.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
The guano, which is dark enough to see from space, inspired the scientists to use the streaks of excrement to track down the colonies.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
Slimy guano bombs from birds smacked my head and back.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
Scientists who study emperor penguins regularly scour satellite imagery in an effort to keep tabs on the birds, since their brown guano stands out against the bright white backdrop of their Antarctic breeding sites—even from space.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
The penguins’ guano–aka bird poop–showed up on satellite imagery as a series of dark smudges and allowed researchers to zero in on these new breeding sites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
The island of Redonda was devastated in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by guano mining operations that left behind invasive black rats and goats.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
First of all, any GM, coach or scout who believes this guano shouldn’t be running a Pee Wee team.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Their characteristic brown guano can be seen against the backdrop of Antarctic ice even from space.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
The guano, which is dark enough to see from space, inspired the scientists to use the streaks of excrement to track down the colonies.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
Slimy guano bombs from birds smacked my head and back.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
Scientists who study emperor penguins regularly scour satellite imagery in an effort to keep tabs on the birds, since their brown guano stands out against the bright white backdrop of their Antarctic breeding sites—even from space.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
The penguins’ guano–aka bird poop–showed up on satellite imagery as a series of dark smudges and allowed researchers to zero in on these new breeding sites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
The island of Redonda was devastated in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by guano mining operations that left behind invasive black rats and goats.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
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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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