neonic

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Adjective

neonic (not comparable)

  1. neonicotinoid
    • 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian‎:
      According to the study, published in the journal PeerJ, these declines have largely occurred in England, where neonic usage is at its highest; in Scotland, where spraying of the pesticide is comparatively low, butterfly numbers are stable.

Noun

neonic (plural neonics)

  1. neonicotinoid pesticide

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