Hexeikosane

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

  Hexeikosane \Hex*ei"ko*sane\, n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.)
     A hydrocarbon, {C26H54}, resembling paraffine; -- so called
     because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.
     [Written also {hexacosane}.]
     [1913 Webster]