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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Butyric \Bu*tyr"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, butter.
[1913 Webster]
{Butyric acid}, {C3H7.CO2H}, an acid found in butter; an
oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and
an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of
ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in
distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal
butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.
[1913 Webster]