Scyllite

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

  Scyllite \Scyl"lite\, n. (Chem.)
     A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling
     inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the
     kidney of the dogfish (of the genus {Scyllium}), the shark,
     and the skate.
     [1913 Webster]