Definition of "guana" [gua•na]

• A contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America. (Reference: The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words, Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ISBN 187648585X.) (noun)

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• "a substance in South America called 'guana', which he had analysed and found to contain one-third of ammoniacal salt with other salts and carbon, but its use was not to come for another generation."
• "I have been guana free for a few months now ... but the urge never really goes away."
• "December 15, 2007 at 9:16 pm yeah, whin R wii guana git moar ob it?"