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CAPROIC ACID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats
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Hypernyms ("caproic 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)