Noun mite has 2 senses
  1. touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon - a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
    --1 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
    --1 has particulars: snuff
  2. mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
    --2 is a kind of
    acarine
    --2 is a member of Acarina, order Acarina
    --2 has particulars:
     acarid; trombidiid; trombiculiid; acarus; itch mite, sarcoptid; rust mite; spider mite, tetranychid
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