Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An insect which deposits its nits on animals, as an œstrus or bot-fly. See cut under
bot-fly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The horse louse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
louse that depositsnits onhorses .
Etymologies
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nit + -er
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Examples
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Ai lurved mai spool nitter wen ai wuz a kidlet, an ai may has to get anover wun rite nao tu maek mousies.
Pick Faster! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Put ane who's disaffected, and discontented, and nitter, in a shop and he'll mak 'trouble wi' all the rest that are but seeking the do their best.
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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