a. [f. L. bomb-yx silk-worm (see BOMBYX) + -IC.] Of or pertaining to the silk-worm; as in bombic acid, an acid secreted by the silk-worm, now believed to be nearly pure acetic acid (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1816. Mrs. Mancet, Conv. Chem. (1841), II. 335.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 47/1. There are also certain acids almost peculiar to individual animals, such as the bombic.
