NIT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse
    • often attached to a hair or item of clothing
    Hypernyms(s) nit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
    Hypernyms(s) nit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower