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Noun: mite  mIt
  1. A slight but appreciable amount
    - touch, hint, tinge, pinch, jot, speck, soupçon
     
  2. Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

Sounds like: might

Derived forms: mites

Type of: acarine, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

Part of: Acarina, order Acarina

Encyclopedia: Mite