mite
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mite1 
[mahyt] Pronunciation Key
[mahyt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods. |
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[mahyt] Pronunciation Key
[mahyt] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adverb
| 1. | a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford. |
| 2. | a very small sum of money. |
| 3. | a coin of very small value. |
| 4. | a very small object. |
| 5. | a very small creature. |
| 6. | to a small extent; somewhat (often prec. by a): a mite selfish. |
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| mite 1
(mīt) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of various small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina that are often parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some species transmit disease. [Middle English, from Old English mīte.] |
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| mite 2
(mīt) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German mīte, a small Flemish coin, tiny animal.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mite (1)
mite (1)
"tiny animal," O.E. mite, from P.Gmc. *miton (cf. M.Du. mite, O.H.G. miza, Dan. mide) originally meaning perhaps "the cutter" (from P.Gmc. *mait-, cf. Goth. maitan, O.H.G. meizen "to cut") in reference to its bite. More likely etymology is that its original sense is "something small" (from PIE *mei- "small") in reference to size.
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mite (2)
mite (2)
"little bit," c.1350, from M.Du. or M.L.G. mite "tiny animal," also the name of a medieval Flemish copper coin of very small value, used proverbially in Eng. for "a very small unit of money," hence used since Wyclif to translate L. minutum from Vulgate in Mark xii.43, itself a translation of Gk. lepton. From P.Gmc. *miton-, which probably is the source of mite (1).
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| mite | |
noun | |
| 1. | a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch] |
| 2. | any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mite
(mīt) Pronunciation Key
Any of various very small arachnids of the subclass Acari that often live as parasites on other animals or plants. Like ticks and unlike spiders, mites have no division between the cephalothorax and abdomen.
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mite 1 (mīt)
n.
Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, certain species of which are parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some cases transmit disease.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mite
contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word lepton, the very smallest bronze of copper coin (Luke 12:59; 21:2). Two mites made one quadrans, i.e., the fourth part of a Roman as, which was in value nearly a halfpenny. (See FARTHING.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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