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 for·mic acid /ˈfɔrmɪk-/

 formic acid 名詞

 For·mic a.  Chem. Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether.
 Amido formic acid, carbamic acid.
 Formic acid, a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles, pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid.
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 formic acid
      n : a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH
          found naturally in ants and many plants or made
          catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in
          finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of
          insecticides and fumigants