mercurous

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Noun

HYPHEN

mer=cu=rous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective mercurous has 1 sense

mercurous(a = adj.pert) mercuric - of or containing mercury; Array

Derived form noun mercury₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mercurous, a.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion. [1913 Webster]

Mercurous chloride. (Chem.) See Calomel.

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