guanay

guanay
/gweuh nuy"/; Sp. /gwah nuy"/, n., pl. guanayes /-nuy"ays/; Sp. /-nah"yes/, guanays.
a cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, of islands off the coasts of Peru and Chile, a chief source of guano. Also called guanay cormorant.
[1855-60; < AmerSp guanae, appar. as back formation from colonial Sp huanaes, as pl. of huano GUANO, taken as the name of the bird that produced it]

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