guano
/ˈgwɑːnəʊ/noun
(pl. -os)[mass noun]
1- the excrement of seabirds, occurring in thick deposits notably on the islands off Peru and Chile, and used as fertilizer鸟粪(自然堆积的海鸟粪, 尤见于秘鲁和智利沿岸岛屿, 被用作肥料)。
1.1
- an artificial fertilizer resembling natural guano, especially one made from fish.类似鸟粪的人造肥料(尤指鱼肥)。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Spanish, or from Latin American Spanish huano, from Quechua huanu 'dung'.