different between guano vs brushite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??w??n??/
• Rhymes: -??n??

Noun

guano (countable and uncountable, plural guanos or guanoes)

1. Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.

   Hyponyms: (vulgar) birdshit, (vulgar) batshit

2. (obsolete) A variety of seabird.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Aguon

Finnish

Noun

guano

1. guano

Declension

Italian

Noun

guano m (plural guani)

1. guano

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guano, from a Quechuan language wanu (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??w?.no/

Noun

guano m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) guano (bat or sea bird feces)
2. fertilizer made from such feces

Romanian

Etymology

From French guano.

Noun

guano n (uncountable)

1. guano

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wanu (“dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??wano/, [??wa.no]
• Rhymes: -ano

Noun

guano m (plural guanos)

1. guano

Derived terms

• guanero

Descendants

• ? English: guano

Further reading

• “guano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

French

Noun

guano m (plural guanos)

1. guano

English

Etymology

Brush +? -ite after American mineralogist George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912).

Noun

brushite (uncountable)

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

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Brushite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “brushite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.