Mergui

[ mur-gwee ]

/ mɜrˈgwi /

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a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.

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Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Blyth seems to think that this animal gets more rufescent with age, judging from two examples sent from Mergui.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale
In January we went down to Mergui by the steamer, and when we returned, thought he was a little better, but he soon failed again.
Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons|Arabella W. Stuart
Pearls are found off the southern coast of Madras and also in the Mergui archipelago.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
The climate of the Andamans is equatorial in its uniformity, and greatly resembles that of Tenasserim and Mergui.
In the Andamans and Nicobars|C. Boden Kloss

We pass a great number of islands, which form the Mergui Archipelago, and just now might be off the shores of Greece.
From Egypt to Japan|Henry M. Field