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mite

[mahyt] / maɪt /


NOUN
small insect
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“Cupertino” is always interesting, often ingenuous, a little educational, sometimes a mite ridiculous — something for every mood and taste.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"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

So far, scientists have identified only the larval stage of the mite.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

The finding represents the second spider-parasitic mite ever described in Brazil and the first from its family recorded in the country.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

Or it mite even sucseed tem- perary and leeve you werse off then you are now.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes


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