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FORMIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or containing or derived from formic acid
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
formic acid (a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or derived from ants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
ant (social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers)
