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CIDE DICTIONARY

cetylic, a.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. [1913 Webster]

Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol.

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