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Mite Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mite? [n] any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods [n] a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mite: hint \| jot \| pinch \| soupcon \| speck \| tinge \| touch Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mite: ace \| arachnid \| arthropod \| atom \| bairn \| bawbee \| beetle \| bit \| bug \| cat flea \| caterpillar \| centipede \| cherub \| chigoe \| child \| chilopod \| chit \| cockroach \| crab \| crown \| crumb \| dab \| daddy longlegs \| darling \| diplopod \| dog flea \| dole \| dollar \| dot \| dram \| dribble \| driblet \| drop \| droplet \| dwarf \| farthing \| fiver \| flea \| fleck \| florin \| fly \| flyspeck \| fourpence \| fourpenny \| fragment \| gnat \| gobbet \| grain \| granule \| grayback \| groat \| guinea \| hair \| half crown \| half dollar \| half rations \| halfpenny \| handful \| harvestman \| hexapod \| innocent \| insect \| iota \| jigger \| jot \| kid \| kitten \| lamb \| lambkin \| larva \| little \| little bit \| little bugger \| little fellow \| little guy \| little innocent \| little one \| little tad \| little tot \| lota \| louse \| mag \| maggot \| meg \| mere subsistence \| microbe \| microorganism \| midge \| millepede \| millipede \| minim \| minimum \| minutia \| minutiae \| modicum \| molecule \| monkey \| mote \| new pence \| nipper \| nit \| np \| nutshell \| nymph \| offspring \| ounce \| p \| parasite \| particle \| pebble \| peewee \| pence \| penny \| pinch \| pinhead \| pinpoint \| pittance \| point \| pony \| pound \| quid \| red bug \| roach \| sand flea \| scorpion \| scrap \| scrimption \| scruple \| shaver \| shilling \| short allowance \| short commons \| sixpence \| smidgen \| smitch \| snip \| snippet \| speck \| spider \| spoonful \| spot \| starvation wages \| tad \| tarantula \| tenner \| thimbleful \| threepence \| threepenny bit \| thrippence \| tick \| tiny bit \| tittle \| tot \| trifling amount \| trivia \| tuppence \| twopence \| vanishing point \| vermin \| wee tot \| weevil \| whit See Also \| acarid \| Acarina \| acarine \| acarus \| itch mite \| order Acarina \| rust mite \| sarcoptid \| small indefinite amount \| small indefinite quantity \| snuff \| spider mite \| tetranychid \| trombiculiid \| trombidiid Mite In Webster's Dictionary \Mite\, n. [AS. m[=i]te mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. m[=i]za; cf. Goth. maitan to cut.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See {Acarina}. 2. [D. mijt; prob. the same word.] 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. Two mites, which make a farthing. --Mark xii. 49. 3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. 4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. For in effect they be not worth a myte. --Chaucer.

Mite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mite?

[n] any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
[n] a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

Mite In Webster's Dictionary

\Mite\, n. [AS. m[=i]te mite (in sense 1); akin to LG.
mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. m[=i]za; cf. Goth. maitan to
cut.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of
   which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar
   mite, harvest mite, etc. See {Acarina}.

2. [D. mijt; prob. the same word.] 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.

         Two mites, which make a farthing.     --Mark xii.
                                               49.

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

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

         For in effect they be not worth a myte. --Chaucer.

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