noun a small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
2. mite ·noun anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
3. mite ·noun a minute arachnid, of the order acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, ·etc. ·see acarina.
4. mite ·noun a small coin formerly circulated in england, rated at about a third of a farthing. the name is also applied to a small coin used in palestine in the time of christ.