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Word: Mercaptan
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from modern Latin mercurium captans, literally ‘capturing mercury’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məːˈkapt(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məːˈkaptan
Dialects: British English
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