CAPRIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capric acid mean? 

• CAPRIC ACID (noun)
  The noun CAPRIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats

  Familiarity information: CAPRIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPRIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

capric acid; decanoic acid

Hypernyms ("capric acid" is a kind of...):

saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)

 Context examples 

Capric acid is found naturally in the coconut and palm kernel oils as well as the milk of various mammals.

(Capric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

However, the coconut oil-derived free fatty acid mixture—lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid as well as their corresponding methyl esters—provides strong repellency against blood-sucking insects.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)