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nit (nit) the egg of a louse.
nit (nt)
n.
The egg or young of a parasitic insect, such as a louse.

nit
louse egg.
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Nit (louse egg) cemented to hair. By permission from Kummel BA, Color Atlas of Small Animal Dermatology, Mosby, 1989

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