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BUTANOIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter
Synonyms:
butanoic acid; butyric acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("butanoic acid" is a kind of...):
saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butanoic acid"):
hydroxybutyric acid; oxybutyric acid (hydroxy derivative of butyric acid)
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