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Definitions of mites in various dictionaries:
noun - a slight but appreciable amount
noun - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
noun - a small arachnid
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Researchers have found more than 40,000 of the dust type of these microscopic bugs in 1 ounce of mattress dust |
One species of this arachnid lives harmlessly in hair follicles; another causes scabies |
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Plural form of mite. |
a minute arachnid which has four pairs of legs when adult, related to the ticks. Many kinds live in the soil and a number are parasitic on plants or animals. |
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Mites are small arthropods belonging to the class Arachnida and the subclass Acari (also known as Acarina). The term "mite" refers to the members of several groups in Acari but it is not a clade, and excludes the ticks, order Ixodida. Mites and ticks are characterised by the body being divided into two regions, the cephalothorax or prosoma (there is no separate head), and an opisthosoma. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology. * Most mites are tiny, less than 1 mm (0.04 in) in length, and have a simple, unsegmented body plan. Their small size makes them easily overlooked; some species live in water, many live in soil as decomposers, others live on plants, sometimes creating galls, while others again are predators or parasites. This last group includes the commercially important Varroa parasite of honey bees, as well as the scabies mite of humans. Most species are harmless to humans but a few are associated with allergies or may transmit dise |