nit

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	egg,
definition	:	animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds (noun.animal)

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

hypernym	:	luminance unit,
definition	:	a measure of luminance (noun.quantity)