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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 formic
 (a.)蟻的,蟻酸的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 for·mic /ˈfɔrmɪk/ 形容詞
 甲酸的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 formic
      adj 1: of or relating to or derived from ants
      2: of or containing or derived from formic acid