Cetylic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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