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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A volatile liquid, C4H9.SH, having a strong odor like that of a skunk; also called
butanethiol . All three isomers, normal, sec-, and tert-butanethiol possess the skunk odor.
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