guano

Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.countableuncountable

• The guano, so extensively used for manure, is full of the most beautiful infusoria, some of them splendidly iridiscent; and there is no better method of testing the genuineness of this useful substance than by the microscope.
• In the second experiment, a comparative trial was made between guano and bone-dust mixed with coal ashes.

Coccothrinax borhidiana, a variety of palm tree indigenous to Cuba.countableuncountable

• A roof made of guano palm fronds will last up to 15 years, although Maya harvesters point out that the leaves must be cut when the moon is full; otherwise, the stems become susceptible to insect damage.

A variety of seabird.countableobsoleteuncountable

• The Animals of these Islands, are some Hogs, Lizards, and Guanoes; and some of those Creatures mentioned in Chap. XI. which are like, but much bigger than the Guano.
• Dampier observes, that no part of the globe is so well stocked with guanoes and land-tortoises as the Gallapagos. The guanoes are fat, tame, and of an extraordinary size.

To fertilize (land) with guano.transitive