BUTANOIC ACID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter

Synonyms:

butanoic acid; butyric acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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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