Hir"cic (?), a. [Cf. F.
hircique. See Hircin.] (Chem.) Of,
pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul
to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he
attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The
substance has also been called hircin.
Watts.