Nitter

Quick meaning: Nitter is a noun meaning (zoology, archaic) A louse that deposits nits on horses.

Meaning

(zoology, archaic) A louse that deposits nits on horses.

Example Sentences

[The bots] were hatched, into (what is called in the country) a horse-bee or nitter.

If the "throat nitter" (Œ veterinus) is the true bot however, […] it must be evident that the remedy proposed […] is at least doubtful […]

The last three species are the nitters so well known in this country; particularly the leg and throat nitters. It is the received opinion that the nits on the legs of horses, are taken into the mouth of the horse, conveyed into the intestines, and at length become the bot larva.

Word Forms

• nitters

Synonyms for nitter

Depending on context, synonyms include horse-bee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nuthacker, nematogenyid, neritiliid, nematognath, rhinonyssid, linognathid.

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