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Nit

Nit Meaning & Definition
Nit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nit?

[n] egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
[n] a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nit:

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See Also | egg | luminance unit

Nit In Webster's Dictionary

\Nit\, n. [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz; cf. gr. ?, ?, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zo["o]l.) The egg of a louse or other small insect. {Nit grass} (Bot.), a pretty annual European grass ({Gastridium lendigerum}), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and Chili.

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