guano

noun

Definition of guanonext
as in manure

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Recent Examples of guano Walker runs the Species-from-Feces project, an initiative that invites the public to submit samples of bat guano from around the world to learn more about their bat neighbors. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026 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 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
  • The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) says manure runoff from Kilby Farm on Firetower Road in Colora caused a massive fish kill in Basin Run, killing nearly 11,000 fish across 25 species.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The report also noted that 40 percent of participating farmers reduced their synthetic pesticide active ingredient use per hectare last year, with 34 percent reporting usage of organic fertilizers such as manure.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of manure
Noun
  • Mosquito excrement could provide valuable insight on potential pathogens.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Gulliver incredulously witnesses people attempting to extract sunbeams from cucumbers and turn excrement back into edible food.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • During the first re-inspection, the inspector saw about 10 pieces of rodent dung under the air-conditioning unit, seven in the hallway by the back door and three under storage by the hallway bathroom.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of dung
Noun
  • If successful, bits of dust, soil and rocks from Phobos will arrive on Earth in 2031.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Before the measurements, researchers mixed bioplastic powder, such as long-chain aliphatic polyesters (LCAP), into forest soil where microbes digest natural polymers such as cellulose.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Each pays $69 a month to learn from Swoop Scoop's founders and from other members starting their own poop scooping businesses around the country.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Depending on the machine and settings, that material ends up in a purge tower built alongside the print, or in a collection of little plastic doll's-house-looking spaghetti balls, affectionately known as printer poop.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 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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