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CAPRYLIC ACID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A fatty acid having a rancid taste; found in butter and other fats and oils
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Hypernyms ("caprylic 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)