mitenoun
uk/maɪt/us/maɪt/mite noun (ANIMAL)
[ C ] a very small animal similar to a spider:
a red spider mite
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Insect names
- anopheles
- ant
- aphid
- beastie
- bedbug
- creepy-crawly
- daddy longlegs
- deathwatch beetle
- dragonfly
- earwig
- housefly
- insect
- ladybird
- lice
- lightning bug
- silverfish
- stick insect
- termite
- tortoiseshell butterfly
- tsetse fly
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mite noun (CHILD)
[ C ] informal mainly UK or old-fashioned US a young child, especially one deserving sympathy:
Poor little mite, he looks so tired.
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Children & babies
- a mouth to feed idiom
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- childlike
- childproof
- children
- crawler
- designer baby
- oops-a-daisy
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- pest
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
- waif
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mite noun (SMALL AMOUNT)
[ S ] old-fashioned a very small amount:
I couldn't eat another mite.
a mite old-fashioned informal
slightly:
He seemed a mite embarrassed.
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
- slip
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