a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
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the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
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temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
The mercury was falling rapidly.
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A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.
