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bombic acid

bombic acid noun: an acid obtained from the silkworm, now found to be acetic acid.

Noun

bombic acid (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An acid obtained from the silkworm, now found to be acetic acid.

Origin of bombic acid

Latin bombyx (“silk, silkworm”): compare French bombique.

Questions about bombic acid

What does bombic acid mean?
Bombic acid means an acid obtained from the silkworm, now found to be acetic acid.
What part of speech is bombic acid?
Bombic acid is a noun.

Words near bombic acid in the dictionary

  1. bombers
  2. bombes
  3. bombesin
  4. bombesins
  5. bombic
  6. bombic acid
  7. bombiccite
  8. bombiculture
  9. bombie
  10. Bombieri-Friedlander-Iwaniec theorem
  11. bombies

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