mite

IPA: mˈaɪt

Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
(colloquial, often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.

Examples of "mite" in Sentences

Funds, in which our mite is a mere drop in the ocean, when by sending up
In a Cameroon painting, the widow giving the mite is a young woman with a baby in her arms.
September 1, 2008 at 8:15 am yew mite want to haz a sign up sheet fur us…… den yew cud get teh x-tra credit in skool…..mite be!
The mite was a waif too, alone in the world when his father was at sea, pathetically helpless, with no defence against blows and unkindness.
He points out that the varroa mite, which is prevalent in the US, weakens the immune system of bees, perhaps making them susceptible to IAPV.
Histiostomatidae which is still alive, in the likes of the pitcher plant mite, which is found within the pitcher leaves of North American purple pitcher plants.
An insect discovered at the site after fumigation in May was deemed not to be a bed bug but a clover mite, which is not harmful to furniture or humans, he said.
This could also help explain why bees infected with IAPV in Australia where the mite is absent do not show as dramatic changes in their behaviour, say scientists.
Even a century later, had physicians made better use of their microscopes, they could hardly have overlooked such an easily found parasite as the itch mite, which is quite as easily detected as the cheese mite, pictured in Hooke's book.