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Definition of: formic acid
Chem.
A colorléss corrosive liquid compound, HCOOH, with a penetrating odor, found in the bodies of ants and spiders, in the hairs and other parts of certain caterpillars, and in stinging nettles, and made commercially by the reaction of carbon monoxide with sodium hydroxide.
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