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guano

noun

Definition of guanonext
as in manure

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Recent Examples of guano The image above shows pinkish-orange guano staining large sections of some of the Danger Islands, Heroína Island and Beagle Island. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 30 July 2026 From the 1860s onward, American companies transformed Navassa into an industrial mining colony that supplied guano to farms throughout the eastern United States. — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026 Theirs is the soil where agriculture was developed thousands of years ago, thanks to the use of guano and the presence of water. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 Mouse poop is usually left in a trail along the rodent's path, while guano is found in piles under roosting spots. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for guano
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guano
  1. manure
  2. excrement
  3. dung
  4. soil
  5. poop
  6. midden
  7. dunghill
Noun
  • Nutrients that aren’t absorbed are largely excreted, contributing to the mineral load in manure.
    — Aidan Connolly, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The Faaborgs raised around 8,000 hogs each year, producing roughly a million gallons of liquid manure.
    — Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of manure
Noun
  • Gulliver incredulously witnesses people attempting to extract sunbeams from cucumbers and turn excrement back into edible food.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Last December at the Ichimi in Coral Gables, an inspector counted 500 pieces of roach excrement.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • In southern India, for example, villagers are allowing – and even paying – herders to use their land in exchange for dung, the natural fertilizer that farmers need to produce higher-value organic crops.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Key Takeaways Aeration improves soil health by reducing compaction and helping nutrients reach grass roots.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The project explores how hydroponic growing—which grows crops in water instead of soil—and AI can reduce cotton’s reliance on these resources.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • There were over 25 poop pellets in that storage area, near the stairs where there was also a dead roach.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Such is the Hermès commitment to authenticity that the poop was sourced directly from the unit.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of poop
Noun
  • The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Definition of midden
Noun
  • In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.
    — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Definition of dunghill

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