guano
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"The historical records documenting how bird guano was applied to maize fields helped us interpret the chemical data and understand the regional importance of this practice," she said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Their guano, or dung, can also be used as fertilizer.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
The seabirds' droppings, known as guano, carry nitrogen and phosphorus, important nutrients that leach into the surrounding seas fertilising surrounding coral reef environments.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024
The guano contained dozens of previously unknown viruses, including a new coronavirus, a relative of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, the research team reports this week in Communications Biology.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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