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1. 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 Source: wordnet

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acid ants carbon catalytically colorless finishing found fumigants fuming insecticides liquid manufacture monoxide naturally paper plants pungent steam textiles vesicatory

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formic formica Formica fusca Formica rufa

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