Cryptidine

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

  Cryptidine \Cryp"ti*dine\ (kr?p"t?-d?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s
     hidden.] (Chem.)
     One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily
     liquid, {C11H11N}; also, any one of several substances
     metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.
     [1913 Webster]