| mite | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch | a slight but appreciable amount.; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| ~ snuff | a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time. |
| n. (animal) | 2. mite | any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods. |
| ~ acarina, order acarina | mites and ticks. |
| ~ acarine | mite or tick. |
| ~ web-spinning mite | a mite that spins a web. |
| ~ acarid | very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks. |
| ~ trombidiid | mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods. |
| ~ trombiculid | mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates. |
| ~ acarus, genus acarus | any of several mites of the order Acarina. |
| ~ itch mite, sarcoptid | whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals.; "itch mites cause scabies" |
| ~ rust mite | any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit. |
| ~ spider mite, tetranychid | web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees. |
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