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Cetylic

Ce*tyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.

Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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