GUANO
\ɡwˈɑːnə͡ʊ], \ɡwˈɑːnəʊ], \ɡ_w_ˈɑː_n_əʊ]\
Definitions of GUANO
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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According to Tschudi, properly Huanu,-is formed of the excrements of different kinds of marine birds-mews, divers, sheerbreaks, &c., but especially of the Sula variegata. It is found in enormous layers in the South American islands of the Pacific, and is used as manure.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].