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Fertilizer :: Fertilizer (n.) That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc..

Guanos :: Guanos (pl. ) of Guan.

Taguan :: Taguan (n.) A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long..

Guanidine :: Guanidine (n.) A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia..

Hadrosaurus :: Hadrosaurus (n.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation..

Guanacos :: Guanacos (pl. ) of Guanac.

Chachalaca :: Chachalaca (n.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).

Iguanid :: Iguanid (a.) Same as Iguanoid.

Guano :: Guano (n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer..

Anolis :: Anolis (n.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons..

Iguanodont :: Iguanodont (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon.

Murexide :: Murexide (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate..

Melaniline :: Melaniline (n.) A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin..

Guaniferous :: Guaniferous (a.) Yielding guano.

Kaguan :: Kaguan (n.) The colugo.

Increment :: Increment (n.) The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement..

Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae..

N :: N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation,

Guan :: Guan (n.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated..

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