mite
Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass AcariAny of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
» A tick is a hematophagous mite.
Meaning
6 sensesAny of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
Milbe
клещklešč
кліщklišč
A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.
A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
(adverbial, sometimes)Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
a mite
bisschen, Winzigkeit
малостьmalostʹ, мизерmizer
any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
(colloquial, often)A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
Examples
31 sentencesA tick is a hematophagous mite.
Dust mites feed on skin cells.
Ziri has a spider mite infestation.
Scabies is caused by a mite.
The scabies mite burrows in skin.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West GerFrom Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).
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