Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of neonic
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.
2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
neonics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neonics
MLA
“neonics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neonics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neonics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neonics.
Source: neonics on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.