Etymology

guaniferous

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Today it means: Yielding guano. Full definition →

English guano ← Spanish guano ← Quechua wan
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The story

  1. Quechuawan
  2. Spanishguano
  3. Englishguano
  4. English todayguaniferous

From guano + -i- + -ferous.

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