See Also: Isoamyl(medicine)

vanessid (iou) and Isoamyl (medicine)


vanessid (iou)



vanessid adjective & noun. E20.
[from VANESSA + -ID3.]
Entomology. (Of, pertaining to, or designating) any of a group of brightly coloured butterflies including those now or formerly of the genus Vanessa, once placed in a family Vanessidae and now usu. regarded as nymphalids, including admirals, tortoiseshells, etc.

Isoamyl (medicine)


isoamyl -->
amyl
<chemistry> A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

Origin: L. Amylum starch + -yl. Cf. Amidin.

Source: Websters Dictionary