noun
a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products
• Syn: ↑palmitic acid
• Hypernyms: ↑saturated fatty acid
• Substance Holonyms: ↑meat, ↑dairy product
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\\|heksə|dekə|nōik-\ nounEtymology: hexadecane + -oic
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/hek"seuh dek'euh noh"ik, hek'seuh-/.
See palmitic acid.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.