guano

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Recent Examples of guano The team is also working on restoring the habitat across the island, which was stripped of all its vegetation during its time as an erstwhile guano mining spot. Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025 How does seeing that black mold and guano in person change the story for you? Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025 Finally, liquid bat guano and liquid earthworm castings (guano and castings are euphemisms for excrement) are also utilized for foliar fertilization. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2025 Clinicians need to ask about bat guano exposure in cannabis growers to discuss preventive measures and establish timely diagnoses. Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for guano
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guano
Noun
  • Refill it with native soil and some compost (and even some aged manure) prior to planting.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
  • It is released by wastewater treatment facilities, meat processing facilities, petroleum refining, manufacturing of asphalt and roofing material, and places where large quantities of manure are stored.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Dark spots about the size of an asterisk which are bed bug excrement and may bleed on fabric like a marker.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And like the wildebeest, bison dung packs a nutritional punch when deposited across the landscape.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Decades before Colorado’s best singers, dancers and actors graced the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver, workers pushed brooms across the stage to clean up elephant dung, rodeo sawdust, and blood spatters from boxing matches.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, overly wet soil can also impact flowering.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Gravel, clay, and sandy soils react very differently under sudden energy input, and the presence of water and air further alters behaviour.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Burning Man poop will help gardens grow elsewhere.
    Dennis Hinkamp, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And playing with my daughter, asking her how her day went and not having to clean up any dog poop.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • At others middens, livestock was reared locally, according to the study.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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 6 Oct. 2025.

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