bombic acid

== English == === Etymology === Latin bombyx (“silk, silkworm”): compare French bombique. === Noun === bombic acid (uncountable) (obsolete, organic chemistry, biochemistry) An acid obtained from the silkworm, now found to be acetic acid. === References === “bombic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.