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n. Any of various small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina that are often parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some species transmit disease.

n. A very small contribution or amount of money.

n. A widow's mite.

n. A very small object, creature, or particle.

n. A coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing.

idiom. a mite To a small degree; somewhat: That remark was a mite unfair.

n. A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.

n. A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to the lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

n. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

n. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. Sometimes used adverbially.

n. A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; See acarina.

n. A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

n. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

n. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

n. A small arachnidan of the order Acarida; any acarid.

n. Some insect like or likened to a mite, as a dust-louse (Psocus).

n. A small coin of any kind, of slight value; any very small sum of money. No coin seems to have been so called specifically.

n. An English weight somewhat heavier than a grain troy.

n. An old money of account, the twenty-fourth part of a penny.

n. Anything very small; a very little particle or quantity: also applied to persons.

n. A copper or billon coin of very small value, current in Brabant and Holland.

n. a slight but appreciable amount

n. any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

"This could also help explain why bees infected with IAPV in Australia where the mite is absent do not show as dramatic changes in their behaviour, say scientists."

red mite    red-spotted mite    brown mite    black-currant mite    six-spotted mite of orange   

acarina   

particle   

Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright   

flea    moth    pest    louse    beetle    weevil    worm    insect    maggot    ant