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Ox"a*lyl (?), n. [Oxalic + -yl.] Chem. (a)
A hydrocarbon radical (C2O2) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it.
An old name for carbonyl
An old name for carboxyl.
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