"insectageddon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: insectageddons [plural]
Etymology: Blend of insect + armageddon. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|insect|armageddon}} Blend of insect + armageddon Head templates: {{en-noun}} insectageddon (plural insectageddons)
  1. (informal, neologism) A hypothetical worldwide disaster that would happen due to many insect species going extinct, as for example if the Holocene extinction remains unchecked. Tags: informal, neologism Hypernyms: Holocene extinction
    Sense id: en-insectageddon-en-noun-v1KSc1p7 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms

Inflected forms

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