Definition of "clothianidin" []

• A particular neonicotinoid insecticide. (noun)

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• "The pesticide, called clothianidin, is manufactured by German agrochemical company Bayer, though it's actually banned in Germany."
• "Those countries fear that clothianidin, which is designed to be absorbed by plant tissue and released in pollen and nectar to kill pests, is also dangerous to pollen- and nectar-eating bees that are critical to some plants' reproductive success."
• "Acute toxicity studies to honey bees show that clothianidin is highly toxic on both a contact and an oral basis."