See mite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"alt": "Cytleichus nudus",
"word": "air-sac mite"
},
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"word": "a mite"
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{
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"taxonomic": "Varroa destructor",
"word": "bee mite"
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{
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"alt": "Oribatoidea spp.",
"word": "beetle mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Ornithonyssus spp.",
"word": "bird mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Aceria essigi",
"word": "blackberry mite"
},
{
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"word": "book mite"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "broad mite"
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{
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"taxonomic": "Psoroptidae spp.",
"word": "carpet mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Cheyletiella blakei",
"word": "cat fur mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Tyrolichus casei",
"word": "cheese mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chicken mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Bryobia praetiosa",
"word": "clover mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Glycyphagus domesticus",
"word": "common house mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Cheyletiella yasguri",
"word": "dog fur mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dermatophagoides spp.",
"word": "dust mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Otodectes cynotis",
"word": "ear mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eyelash mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "feather mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Acarus siro",
"word": "flour mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "follicle mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Carpoglyphus lactis et al.",
"word": "fruit mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Glycyphagus domesticus",
"word": "furniture mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gall mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Trombicula spp.",
"word": "harvest mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus",
"word": "house dust mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Liponyssoides sanguineus",
"word": "house mouse mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Sarcoptes scabiei",
"word": "itch mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mite box"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mite cheese"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "moss mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "peacock mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Carpoglyphus lactis",
"word": "prune mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quill mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rabbit ear mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Cheyletiella parasitovorax",
"word": "rabbit fur mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Dermanyssus gallinae",
"word": "red mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "red velvet mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rust mite"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Tetranychidae spp.",
"word": "spider mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Laelaps echidnina",
"word": "spiny rat mite"
},
{
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"english": "Lepidoglyphus, Acarus, Tyrophagus, Tydeus, Cheyletus, Tarsonemus spp.",
"word": "stock mite"
},
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"taxonomic": "Acarus siro",
"word": "storage mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Lepidoglyphus destructor",
"word": "sugar mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Trombiculidae spp.",
"word": "trombiculid mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ornithonyssus bacoti",
"word": "tropical rat mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "water mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Acarus siro",
"word": "wheat mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "widow's mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Willamette mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Tetranycus willamette",
"word": "Willamette spider mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Pterolichus obtusus",
"word": "wing mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Oribatidae spp.",
"word": "wood mite"
}
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"2": "enm",
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"4": "",
"5": ""
},
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},
{
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"2": "ang",
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},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mītǭ",
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},
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
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"t": "mite"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "mīte",
"t": "moth, mite"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "mijt",
"t": "moth, mite"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "mide",
"t": "mite"
},
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}
],
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"form": "mites",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "mite (plural mites)",
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Khmer translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Low German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 3 18 2 4 33 5",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Arachnids",
"orig": "en:Arachnids",
"parents": [
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"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "37 3 16 4 6 27 7",
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"name": "Mites and ticks",
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"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari)."
],
"id": "en-mite-en-noun-cHUstv8E",
"links": [
[
"arachnid",
"arachnid"
],
[
"tick",
"tick"
],
[
"Acarina",
"Acarina#Translingual"
],
[
"Acari",
"Acari#Translingual"
]
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sūsa",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سُوسَة"
},
{
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sahi",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "চাহী"
},
{
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "klješč",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клешч"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎrlež",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кърлеж"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "akár",
"sense": "arachnid",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ака́р"
},
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "rwa.",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ရွ"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "àcar"
},
{
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"code": "maz",
"lang": "Central Mazahua",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ts'imexe"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎn",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "蟎 /螨"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "mide"
},
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "mijt"
},
{
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "akaro"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "punkki"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "acarien"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ácaro"
},
{
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭḳiṗa",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ტკიპა"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"Alemannic-German",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skoulikáki",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σκουληκάκι"
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{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akarí",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἀκαρί"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kardít",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "קרדית"
},
{
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "atka"
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{
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "kukac"
},
{
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"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "tungaw"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "tungau"
},
{
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fíneog"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acaro"
},
{
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"alt": "だに, ダニ, dani",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "壁蝨"
},
{
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "cay",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ចៃ"
},
{
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"roman": "mɔmʊəŋ",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "មមង់"
},
{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jindeugi",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "진드기"
},
{
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Miet"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ngaoki"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "yaaʼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "arachnid",
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"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "mite"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mit"
},
{
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "midd"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "acarian"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hire",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "هیره"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "roztocze"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ácaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acarian"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klešč",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клещ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grȉnja"
},
{
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"code": "dsb",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milba"
},
{
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"code": "dsb",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "weška"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ácaro"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "kvalster"
},
{
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "kagaw"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "akar"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "klišč",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кліщ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "bét"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ve"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "gwiddon"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
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"plural"
],
"word": "euddon"
}
]
},
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"en:Arachnids",
"en:Mites and ticks",
"en:Parasites"
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"derived": [
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"alt": "Cytleichus nudus",
"word": "air-sac mite"
},
{
"word": "a mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Varroa destructor",
"word": "bee mite"
},
{
"alt": "Oribatoidea spp.",
"word": "beetle mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Ornithonyssus spp.",
"word": "bird mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Aceria essigi",
"word": "blackberry mite"
},
{
"word": "book mite"
},
{
"word": "broad mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Psoroptidae spp.",
"word": "carpet mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cheyletiella blakei",
"word": "cat fur mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Tyrolichus casei",
"word": "cheese mite"
},
{
"word": "chicken mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Bryobia praetiosa",
"word": "clover mite"
},
{
"alt": "Glycyphagus domesticus",
"word": "common house mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Cheyletiella yasguri",
"word": "dog fur mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dermatophagoides spp.",
"word": "dust mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Otodectes cynotis",
"word": "ear mite"
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{
"word": "eyelash mite"
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{
"word": "feather mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Acarus siro",
"word": "flour mite"
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{
"word": "follicle mite"
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{
"alt": "Carpoglyphus lactis et al.",
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{
"alt": "Glycyphagus domesticus",
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{
"word": "gall mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Trombicula spp.",
"word": "harvest mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus",
"word": "house dust mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Liponyssoides sanguineus",
"word": "house mouse mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Sarcoptes scabiei",
"word": "itch mite"
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{
"word": "mite box"
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{
"word": "mite cheese"
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{
"word": "moss mite"
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{
"word": "peacock mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Carpoglyphus lactis",
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{
"word": "quill mite"
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{
"word": "rabbit ear mite"
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{
"taxonomic": "Cheyletiella parasitovorax",
"word": "rabbit fur mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dermanyssus gallinae",
"word": "red mite"
},
{
"word": "red velvet mite"
},
{
"word": "rust mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Tetranychidae spp.",
"word": "spider mite"
},
{
"alt": "Laelaps echidnina",
"word": "spiny rat mite"
},
{
"english": "Lepidoglyphus, Acarus, Tyrophagus, Tydeus, Cheyletus, Tarsonemus spp.",
"word": "stock mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Acarus siro",
"word": "storage mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Lepidoglyphus destructor",
"word": "sugar mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Trombiculidae spp.",
"word": "trombiculid mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Ornithonyssus bacoti",
"word": "tropical rat mite"
},
{
"word": "water mite"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Acarus siro",
"word": "wheat mite"
},
{
"word": "widow's mite"
},
{
"word": "Willamette mite"
},
{
"alt": "Tetranycus willamette",
"word": "Willamette spider mite"
},
{
"alt": "Pterolichus obtusus",
"word": "wing mite"
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{
"alt": "Oribatidae spp.",
"word": "wood mite"
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"ref": "1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence:",
"text": "One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands\nShall buy and sell the miser's lands;",
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"ref": "1903 March 17, Mark Twain, letter to Helen Keller:",
"text": "It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing — and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "\"Well,\" I says, \"I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.\" She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.",
"type": "quote"
},
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"ref": "1956, Janice Holt Giles, chapter 8, in Hannah Fowler, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC; republished Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1992, →ISBN, page 69:",
"text": "\"Silas, now,\" Esther Whitley had said, \"would be a good one for you, Hannah. He's a mite on the old side, but he's steady, an' he's been wed before. He knows the ways of a woman better'n some.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance, Chicago, Ill.: Rand McNally, →OCLC; Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance (ReadHowYouWant Classics Library), EasyRead large edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant, 2008, →ISBN, page 30:",
"text": "Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them.",
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}
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"Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle."
],
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"(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle."
],
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"word": "atom"
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{
"word": "speck"
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{
"word": "modicum"
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{
"ref": "1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 35:",
"text": "Today's children at Christmas-time take a cast-off toy to the Toy Service held in many churches, and it is a pretty sight to watch those tiny mites clutching their toys and parting from them.j",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Lorraine F Elli, The Little Town Mouse:",
"text": "“Tom told me that, but twasn't your fault, the little mite just couldn't wait to be born that's all.” A small smile played on Leah's lips.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"(colloquial, often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal."
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ရွ"
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ts'imexe"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "蟎 /螨"
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "akaro"
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "punkki"
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "acarien"
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "ტკიპა"
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"code": "de",
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "acarian"
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "هیره"
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"sense": "arachnid",
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{
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
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"word": "ácaro"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"word": "клещ"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "arachnid",
"tags": [
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"word": "grȉnja"
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"code": "dsb",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"sense": "arachnid",
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "arachnid",
"word": "bét"
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"word": "ve"
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"sense": "third of a farthing",
"word": "lepto"
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"word": "hitunen"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "bisschen"
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