In Colombia it is the popular name given to the egg or embryo of a lice. They are usually attached to the host's hairs. It is also common to use the term liendre, which is considered more appropriate.
liendra is incorrectly written, and should be written as "nit" being its meaning: Eggs deposited lice in the hair of the involuntary hosts of this parasite
LIENDRA:LIENDRE, PARASITE, LOUSE.