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• GUANO (a Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)

GUANO (a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)  , the excrement of birds, found as large deposits on certain islands off the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, and on others situated in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern ocean and off the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The large proportions of See also:

• PHOSPHORUS (Gr. 4ws, light, sPEpety, to bear)

phosphorus in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• PHOSPHATES

phosphates and of See also:

• NITROGEN [symbol N., atomic weight 14.01, 0=16]

nitrogen as ammonium oxalate and urate renders it a valuable fertilizer . See also:

• BAT

Bat's See also:

• GUANO (a Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)

guano, composed of the excrement of bats, is found in certain caves in New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand and elsewhere; it is similar in See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition to Peruvian guano .