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Recent Examples of guano
If excluding the bats is a DIY job, clean up the roosting area afterwards so that guano doesn’t attract other pests such as cockroaches and flies.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Adélie penguins eat lots of fish and krill, so their guano contains nitrogen that breaks down into ammonia gas.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Adélie penguins eat lots of fish and krill, so their guano contains nitrogen that breaks down into ammonia gas.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guano
Noun
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Finally, somehow, some 10 million tons of manure produced at California factory farms is unaccounted for.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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This may involve adding organic matter such as compost, aged manure, or peat moss.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Authorities say surveillance footage of the cell showed that the legal papers were neatly stacked and no human excrement lined the cell walls.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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Roach excrement was on a wall next to the three-compartment sink.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As the train pulled into the precincts of Guilin, Martha and Joost gazed out the window at a series of pointy green hills poking up out of bright-orange soil.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Borlaug’s life reflects the kind of innovation that can grow from Iowa soil and reach far beyond it.—
Kate Levasseur,
Des Moines Register,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kathy Truong, a quality control manager for an industrial chemical company, attended the rally with a cardboard cutout of a globe covered by a scroll of toilet paper and poop emojis.—
Staff And Wire Reports,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The volunteers are also provided with a backpack of supplies, such as a water bowl, poop bags and treats.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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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
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 1 Apr. 2026.
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