A tick is a hematophagous mite.
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Mite
//maɪt//
Synonyms for "mite" (327 found)
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Closest matches (66)
Strong matches (98)
dollardotdramdribbledribletdropdrop in the bucketdropletdwarffarthingfiverfleafleckflorinflyflyspeckfourpencefourpennyfragmentgnat
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gobbetgraingranulegraybackgroatguineahairhalf crownhalf dollarhalf rationshalfpennyhandfulharvestmanhexapodinnocentinsectiotajiggerjotkidkittenlamblambkinlarvalittle buggerlittle fellowlittle guylittle innocentlittle onelittle tadlittle totlotalousemagmaggotmegmere subsistencemicrobemicroorganismmidgemillepede
Related words (163)
millipedeminimminimumminutiaminutiaemodicummoleculemonkeymotenew pencenippernitnpnutshellnymphoffspringouncepparasiteparticle
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pebblepeeweepencepennypinchpinheadpinpointpittanceplumpointponypoundquidred bugroachsand fleascorpionscrapscrimptionscrupleshavershillingshort allowanceshort commonssixpencesmitchsnipsnippetsongspeckspiderspoonfulspotstarvation wagestarantulatennerthimblefulthreepencethreepenny bitthrippenceticktiny bittittletottouchtrifling amounttriviatuppencetwopencevanishing pointverminwee totweevilwhit
Noun(89 words)
minxmischiefmischief-makermiscreantmodicummoleculemorceaumorselmotemustard seedne'er-do-welloochounceparticlepennyworthpiecepixiepot stirrerpractical jokerprankster
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puckrabble rouserrakeshamerantipolerapscallionrascalrelishrogueroly-polyrowdyruffianscampscantlingscapegracescentscintillascoochscoundrelscrapscruplesemblanceshit disturbershit-stirrershitmongershredskerrickskooshskoshsliversmatteringsmidgesmidgensmidgetsmidgysmitchsmithereensoupconsoupçonsparkspatterspecklespotsprinklesprinklingstraintadtearawaythugtidbittidgetitiviltittletoddicktoughtracetrifletroublemakertuppence worthundesirablevandalvestigewagwagpastiewhiffwhitwhite chipwrangleryobyobbo
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10 entriesAntonyms
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Translations
73 translations across 52 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκαρί noun (arachnid)
Arabic
1 entries- سُوسَة noun (arachnid)
Assamese
1 entries- চাহী noun (arachnid)
Belarusian
1 entries- клешч noun (arachnid)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ака́р noun (arachnid)
- кърлеж noun (arachnid)
Burmese
1 entries- ရွ noun (arachnid)
Catalan
1 entries- àcar noun (arachnid)
Central Mazahua
1 entries- ts'imexe noun (arachnid)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蟎 /螨 noun (arachnid)
Czech
1 entries- roztoč noun (arachnid)
Danish
1 entries- mide noun (arachnid)
Dutch
1 entries- mijt noun (arachnid)
Esperanto
2 entries- akaro noun (arachnid)
- lepto noun (third of a farthing)
Finnish
4 entries- hitunen noun (anything very small)
- hiukkanen noun (anything very small)
- pikkuisen noun (anything very small)
- punkki noun (arachnid)
French
1 entries- acarien noun (arachnid)
Galician
1 entries- ácaro noun (arachnid)
Georgian
1 entries- ტკიპა noun (arachnid)
German
4 entries- Milbe noun (arachnid)
- Milme noun (arachnid)
- Winzigkeit noun (anything very small)
- bisschen noun (anything very small)
Greek
1 entries- σκουληκάκι noun (arachnid)
Hebrew
1 entries- קרדית noun (arachnid)
Hungarian
2 entries- atka noun (arachnid)
- kukac noun (arachnid)
Ilocano
1 entries- tungaw noun (arachnid)
Indonesian
1 entries- tungau noun (arachnid)
Irish
2 entries- cianóg noun (third of a farthing)
- fíneog noun (arachnid)
Italian
1 entries- acaro noun (arachnid)
Japanese
1 entries- 壁蝨 noun (arachnid)
Khmer
2 entries- ចៃ noun (arachnid)
- មមង់ noun (arachnid)
Korean
1 entries- 진드기 noun (arachnid)
Latgalian
1 entries- ērce noun (arachnid)
Latin
1 entries- acarus noun (arachnid)
Latvian
1 entries- ērce noun (arachnid)
Lithuanian
1 entries- erkė noun (arachnid)
Low German
1 entries- Miet noun (arachnid)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- milba noun (arachnid)
- weška noun (arachnid)
Māori
1 entries- ngaoki noun (arachnid)
Navajo
1 entries- yaaʼ noun (arachnid)
Norman
1 entries- mite noun (arachnid)
Norwegian
2 entries- midd noun (arachnid)
- mit noun (arachnid)
Occitan
1 entries- acarian noun (arachnid)
Persian
2 entries- هیره noun (arachnid)
- پشیز noun (anything very small)
Polish
2 entries- roztocz noun (arachnid)
- roztocze noun (arachnid)
Portuguese
1 entries- ácaro noun (arachnid)
Romanian
1 entries- acarian noun (arachnid)
Russian
3 entries- клещ noun (arachnid)
- малость noun (anything very small)
- мизер noun (anything very small)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- grȉnja noun (arachnid)
Spanish
1 entries- ácaro noun (arachnid)
Swedish
1 entries- kvalster noun (arachnid)
Tagalog
1 entries- kagaw noun (arachnid)
Turkish
1 entries- akar noun (arachnid)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кліщ noun (arachnid)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bét noun (arachnid)
- ve noun (arachnid)
Welsh
2 entries- euddon noun (arachnid)
- gwiddon noun (arachnid)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Ziri has a spider mite infestation.
Source: tatoeba (10860152)
Now, plans are in the works to create a new service that breeders can use to check their bees' mettle against this parasitic mite.
Source: tatoeba (10880125)
The parasitic mite, which is the size of a pinhead, was detected at the port of Newcastle, north of Sydney, more than a week ago and has spread to other hives in the state of New South Wales.
Source: tatoeba (11483101)
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