† nittern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nit n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < nit n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare nit fly n. at nit n.¹ Compounds.

U.S. regional. Obsolete. rare.

A horse botfly (genus Gasterophilus).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Oestridae > genus Oestrum or Oestrus > oestrus equi (horse-fly)

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1808 Med. Repository 2nd Hexade 6 124 One of my horses was troubled with bots... I took several of them..and enclosed them in dry horse-dung..and then were hatched (what is called in the country [sc. in New York State]) a horse-bee or nitter.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nitter, the horse bee that deposits nits on horses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	nitter
释义	† nittern. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nit n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < nit n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare nit fly n. at nit n.¹ Compounds. U.S. regional. Obsolete. rare. A horse botfly (genus Gasterophilus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Oestridae > genus Oestrum or Oestrus > oestrus equi (horse-fly) horsefly1382 horse-bee1742 nitter1808 1808 Med. Repository 2nd Hexade 6 124 One of my horses was troubled with bots... I took several of them..and enclosed them in dry horse-dung..and then were hatched (what is called in the country [sc. in New York State]) a horse-bee or nitter. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nitter, the horse bee that deposits nits on horses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1808
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