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formic acid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun formic acid has 1 sense
- formic acid(n = noun.substance) Array - a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants; Array is a kind of acid
OXFORD DICTIONARY
formic acid, n. a colourless irritant volatile acid (HCOOH) contained in the fluid emitted by some ants. Also called METHANOIC ACID.
Derivative
formate n.
Etymology
L formica ant
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