01 n. A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the dust mite, cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, three-t…
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A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the dust mite, cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, three-toed spider mite, etc. See Acarina.(Zool.) See: Acarina
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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.
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A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
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Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.“For in effect they be not worth a myte.” — Chaucer.