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Guano vs Brushite - What's the difference?

guano | brushite |

As nouns the difference between guano and brushite

is that guano is dung from a sea bird or from a bat while brushite is a mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.

guano

English

(wikipedia guano)

Noun

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  • Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
  • * 1982:' "grazes on bat excrement, delicately referred to as ‘bat '''guano ’ in this week's Nature." ''—physics!tpkq, net.games.rogue
  • * 1995:' "The great white bat has great white '''guano !" ''—
  • Synonyms

    * birdshit * batshit

    Derived terms

    * guanite

    brushite

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineral) A mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.
  • English eponyms