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caprylic acid

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noun

  1. an oily organic acid, C 8 H 16 O 2 , with an unpleasant odor found as a glyceride in goat and other animal fats, and used in perfumes and dyes.

Etymology

Origin of caprylic acid

First recorded in 1835–45

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