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Definition of 'nit' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) nit
the egg of a parasitic insect, esp. of a louse.

2.  nit
the young of such an insect.

Etymology:  (by shortening)

Definition of 'nit' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nit
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

2. (noun) nit
egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing


Definition of 'nit' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) nit
the egg of a louse or other small insect


Translation of 'nit' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the egg of a louse or other small insect (eg found in a person's hair).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: neet Arabic flag Arabic: صُؤابَ: بَيْضَة القَمِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гнида
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lêndea Czech flag Czech: hnida German flag German: die Nisse
Danish flag Danish: luseæg Greek flag Greek: κόνιδα Spanish flag Spanish: liendre
Estonian flag Estonian: ting Farsi flag Farsi: تخم حشره کوچک Finnish flag Finnish: täin muna
French flag French: lente Hebrew flag Hebrew: בֵּיצֵי כִינִים Hindi flag Hindi: छोटे कीड़ों का अंडा, जू क
Croatian flag Croatian: gnjida Hungarian flag Hungarian: sörke Indonesian flag Indonesian: telur kutu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nit Italian flag Italian: lendine, uovo di pidocchi Japanese flag Japanese: しらみの卵
Korean flag Korean: 이, 기생충의 알 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: glinda Latvian flag Latvian: gnīda
Malay flag Malay: telur kutu Dutch flag Dutch: neet Norwegian flag Norwegian: luseegg
Polish flag Polish: gnida Persian flag Persian: تخم حشره کوچک Pashto flag Pashto: د حشراتو هګى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: lêndea Romanian flag Romanian: lindină Russian flag Russian: гнида
Slovak flag Slovak: hnida Slovenian flag Slovenian: gnida Serbian flag Serbian: gnjida
Swedish flag Swedish: gnet Thai flag Thai: ไข่เหา Turkish flag Turkish: sirke, yavşak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (頭蝨小昆蟲等的)卵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гнида Urdu flag Urdu: ليکھ، جوں کا انڈہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trứng chấy, rận Chinese flag Chinese: (虱等的)幼虫,卵

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