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Meanings of mite in English

Portuguese
acari
Spanish
ácaro
Catalan
àcar
Wikidata

Common name for small arachnids.

        acari
        Portuguese
        fragmento
        Catalan
        pessic
        Spanish
        pizca

        A slight but appreciable amount.

            fragmento
            Usage of mite in English
            1
            Researchers believe a recently-discovered mite may help end the country's wasp problem.
            Radio NZ
            2
            I was a mite young but only by a year or two.
            Wings
            3
            This was a case of the bankers' billions versus the worker's mite.
            The Irish Times
            4
            It requires one be a mite...flexible, shall we say, in one's morals.
            Destined to last
            5
            He ejected used cartridges from his mite gun and inserted new ones.
            The Diamond Age
            6
            He swung the dainty mite up in his arms and kissed her.
            The Jungle Girl
            7
            He had a mite of fever early morning, but he's past it.
            Secrets of a Perfect Night
            8
            His little brother Etienne, the tiniest mite in the regiment, looks pensive.
            Child Life in Town and Country / 1909
            9
            In any case, you got a mite more traveling to do, Jack.
            Black house
            10
            So we shall throw in our mite to fill up this chasm.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 / A Mag...
            11
            The energy and decision of this mite of a woman were surprising.
            Dark Hollow
            12
            Turrible sot in his ways, too; can't take a mite of advice.
            Homespun Tales
            13
            Stanley in particular looks frail and a mite green around the gills.
            The great lover
            14
            Using specific rabbit antiserum, tropomyosin was localized immunohistochemically in mite tissue sections.
            Pubmed
            15
            I contribute my mite, and I ask to see the great Kwannon.
            Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
            16
            I say this is a mite outside the realm of Sherlock's adventures.
            The sherlockian
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