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Guano vs Guana - What's the difference?

guano | guana |

As nouns the difference between guano and guana

is that guano is dung from a sea bird or from a bat while guana is a contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America. (Reference: The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words, Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ISBN 187648585X..

guano

English

(wikipedia guano)

Noun

(-)
  • 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

    guana

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America. (Reference: The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words , Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ISBN 187648585X.)

    • Derived terms

    * goanna