polyunsaturated fatty acid

Noun

1.

polyunsaturated fatty acid - an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil

linoleic acid, linolic acid, omega-3, omega-3 fatty acid, omega-6, omega-6 fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid