Oenanthyl

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

  oenanthyl \oe*nan"thyl\, n. [oennthic + -yl.] (Chem.)
     A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic
     acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.
     [1913 Webster]