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neonic

neonic is the clipping of neonicotinoid.

Meaning of neonicotinoid

Noun

neonicotinoid (plural neonicotinoids)

  1. Any of a certain class of insecticides that act on the central nervous system in a similar way to nicotine.
    • Neonicotinoids may be contributing towards the disappearance of butterflies from the countryside, according to the first scientific study to examine the effect of the controversial agricultural pesticides on British butterflies. […] [S]cientists at the universities of Stirling and Sussex, in...2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016
    Synonyms:
    neonic

Forms of neonic

pluralneonics

Questions about neonic

What is neonic the clipping of?
Neonic is the clipping of neonicotinoid.

Words near neonic in the dictionary

  1. neonazisms
  2. neonazist
  3. neonazists
  4. neoned
  5. neonesque
  6. neonic
  7. neonicotinoid
  8. neonicotinoids
  9. neonicotinyl
  10. neonics
  11. neonide

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