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Synonyms
mite1 (mīt)

[Middle English, from Old English mīte.]

noun 

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.
mite2 (mīt)

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German mīte, a small Flemish coin, tiny animal.]

noun 

    1. A very small contribution or amount of money.
    2. A widow's mite.
  2. A very small object, creature, or particle.
  3. A coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing.

idioms

a mite
To a small degree; somewhat: That remark was a mite unfair.