formic acid

for·mi·ca·cid

uncommon

noun

a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants

Synonyms

formication Formica fusca Formica rufa Formica sanguinea Formicidae formidability formidable formidably formless formlessly

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