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mite

[mahyt] / maɪt /


NOUN
small insect
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"You know, I can sample for a mite count, but I can't sample for mitochondrial DNA," Funkhouser said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The way it steers the immune system towards fighting an infection also seemed to reduce the response to house dust mite allergens – which are a trigger of allergic asthma.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The area is located near caves and grottos, an environment similar to where Brazil's first known spider-parasitic mite species, Charletonia rocciai, was discovered.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Ricardo Bassini-Silva, a researcher and curator of the laboratory's Acarological Collection, quickly recognized that the bead-like structures were actually mite larvae.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Miss Peregrine nibbled casually at a mite under her wing, as if she hadn’t heard any of this.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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