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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nit  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nit 
  n  1:  a  luminance  unit  equal  to  1  candle  per  square  meter  measured 
  perpendicular  to  the  rays  from  the  source 
  2:  egg  or  young  of  an  insect  parasitic  on  mammals  especially  a 
  sucking  louse;  often  attached  to  a  hair  or  item  of 
  clothing




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