Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caproic_acid

1 sense of caproic acid

Sense 1
caproic acid, hexanoic acid -- (a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats)
       => saturated fatty acid -- (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)