Nit
Nit (nit) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon hnitu; akin to Dutch neet, German niss, Old High German niz; compare Greek koni`s, koni`dos, Icelandic gnit, Swedish gnet, Danish gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, Welsh nedd.]
(Zoology) The egg of a louse or other small insect.
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Nit grass (Botany) , a pretty annual European grass (Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and Chile.