Mite
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
(2) A slight but appreciable addition
"This dish could use a touch of garlic"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
- A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to the lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
- A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
- Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.