Nit \Nit\ (n[i^]t), n. [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss,
   OHG. niz; cf. Gr. koni`s, koni`dos, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet,
   Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.]
   (Zool.)
   The egg of a louse or other small insect.
   [1913 Webster]

   Nit grass (Bot.), a pretty annual European grass
      (Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat
      resembling a nit. It is also found in California and
      Chile.
      [1913 Webster]

	

	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

	

	61 Moby Thesaurus words for "nit":
   adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices,
   bad press, captiousness, carping, cat flea, cavil, caviling,
   censoriousness, chigoe, cockroach, crab, criticism, dog flea,
   exception, faultfinding, flak, flea, grayback, hairsplitting, hit,
   home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism,
   imputation, jigger, knock, louse, mite, nagging, nay, niggle,
   niggling, nit-picking, nix, no, nope, obloquy, overcriticalness,
   parasite, pestering, pettifogging, priggishness, quibble,
   quibbling, rap, red bug, reflection, reproachfulness, roach,
   sand flea, slam, stricture, swipe, taking exception,
   trichoschistism, vermin, weevil

	

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