neonics
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Noun[edit]
neonics
- plural of neonic
- 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Scientific studies have shown how neonics stay in the soil for years, leak into water and can be absorbed by wildflowers and grasses growing in field margins, which provide nectar for butterflies and food for their caterpillars.