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n. - A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.

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  • Washington: India American teenager Kavya Shivashankar finally won it all in the televised US National Spelling Bee competition, nailing esoteric words from...
  • The symbol for mercury, Hg, was derived from the name, hydrargyrum.
  • Hg: the chemical symbol for mercury, from the Greek hydrargyrum.
  • "There is a channel in the spine of her blade, and in it runs a river of hydrargyrum - a metal heavier than iron, though it flows like water.
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