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guanay

[ gwuh-nahy; Spanish gwah-nahy ]

noun

, plural gua·nay·es [gw, uh, -, nahy, -eys, gwah-, nah, -yes], gua·nays.
  1. a cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, of islands off the coasts of Peru and Chile, a chief source of guano.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of guanay1

First recorded in 1855–60; from South American Spanish guanae, apparently as back formation from Colonial Spanish huanaes, as plural of huano guano, taken as the name of the bird that produced it

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