mite

Definition of mite

a slight but appreciable amount

Type of:: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; 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; chigger, harvest mite, jigger, redbug
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation; 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; 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; Panonychus ulmi, red spider, red spider mite
small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest