Nitida

Nitida and Nitidus are forms of the Latin for "bright, shining, sleek, blooming, smart" and may refer to:

Nitida:

• Nitida saga, A 14th century Icelandic medieval poem
• Anisophyllea nitida, a species of plant in the Anisophylleaceae family
• Avicennia nitida, a species of mangrove tree commonly known as black mangrove
• Axinaea nitida, a species of plant in the Melastomataceae family
• Celosia nitida (or Celosia texana) is commonly known as West Indian Cockscomb
• Coelogyne nitida, a species of orchid in the Coelogyne genus
• Cotinis nitida, a beetle of the family of the dung beetles, the Scarabaeidae
• Lithodora nitida, a species of plant in the Boraginaceae family
• Mantoida nitida, a species of praying mantis in the Mantoididae Family
• Melanochyla nitida, a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family
• Neomacounia nitida, an extinct moss that was found only in a small area of Ontario
• Nothofagus nitida, an evergreen tree, native from Chile
• Ogasawarana nitida, a species of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae
• Passiflora nitida, a passion flower found in America
• Pavoraja nitida (Peacock skate) is a species of fish in Rajidae family
• Segmentina nitida, a species of small, air-breathing, freshwater snail in the family Planorbidae
• Soletellina nitida, or the shining sunset shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Psammobiidae
• Uropeltis nitida, a non-venomous shield tail snake species found in southern India

Nitidus:

• Ctenopharynx nitidus, a species of fish in the Cichlidae family
• Eleutherodactylus nitidus, a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family
• Lichen nitidus, a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology
• Limnonectes nitidus, a species of frog in the Ranidae family
• Liolaemus nitidus, known as the Shining Tree Iguana is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family
• Phymatodes nitidus, a species of longhorn beetle
• Sphoeroides nitidus, a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes
• Stemonoporus nitidus, a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family
• Zonitoides nitidus, species of small, air-breathing land snail in the family Gastrodontidae

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