bat guano

collocation in English

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bat
noun[C]
uk
/bæt/us
/bæt/
a specially shaped piece of wood used for hitting the ball in ...
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guano
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡwɑː.nəʊ/us
/ˈɡwɑː.noʊ/
the excrement (= solid waste) of sea birds ...
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(Definition ofbatandguanofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1914 a company was formed to excavate huge amounts ofbatguano; this was sold as fertilizer to farmers.
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The larvae have been collected frombatguano.
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The larvae and adults live under bark, in plant litter, fungi,batguanoand rotten wood.
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Most of the life in this cave is supported by large amounts ofbatguano.
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Commercially available sources of nutrients that are permitted for organic agriculture are biofertilizers,batguanoand rock-phosphate.
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The medium used to create the art wasbatguano.
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Studies have found that in the wild the larvae sometimes live inbatguano, and they tend to cannibalize the pupae of their own species.
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Food is also found from trogloxene carcasses, egg deposits, and faeces such asbatguano.
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Their most common natural habitat type is caves, where they feed on animal feces, especiallybatguano.
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The conditions in the cave were severe with high temperatures and an ammonia haze rising from thebatguano.
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Batguanohas been harvested from the caves for many years and this continues.
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He had it mined forbatguano, a valuable natural fertilizer.
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There are several species of invertebrates, mostly living on the limitedbatguanodeposits.
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Although they find themselves up to their waists inbatguano, they are successful at starting the coolant.
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Despite not finding any bats he thought that the snuff-like material was vegetable matter andbatguano.
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The site was overgrown and the interior contained debris andbatguano.
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As no fertilizer was available, farmers searched caves and usedbatguanoas alternative.
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It occurs as incrustations and efflorescences on cave surfaces formed by bacterial action onbatguano.
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Batguanois usually mined in caves and this mining is associated with a corresponding loss of troglobytic biota and diminishing of biodiversity.
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