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Noun: formic acid  'for-mik 'asid
  1. A colourless 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

Derived forms: formic acids

Type of: acid

Encyclopedia: Formic acid

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