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Webster 1913 Edition


phocenic

pho-cen′ic

(fō̍-sĕn′ĭk)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
φώκαινα
a porpoise.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; – said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.
Watts.