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mite

 
 
/maɪt/ noun [C]

Translation

INSECT an extremely small insect with eight legs
sekiz ayaklı oldukça küçük böcek; mayt
dust mites502500
CHILD informal a small child
küçük çocuk, bıcırık
You're so cold, you poor little mite!621
a mite mainly UK informal slightly
hafifçe, farkedilmez biçimde
He seemed a mite embarrassed.1813
(Definition of mite noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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