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watermite

watermite is the alternative form of water mite.

Meaning of water mite

Noun

water mite (plural water mites)

  1. Any mite of the clade Hydracarina (syn. Hydrachnidia).
    • Water mites are a dominant feature of the fauna of all freshwater ecosystems. Over 400 species in 87 genera and 22 families have been recorded in Australia.1998, MS Harvey, The Australian Water Mites: A Guide to Families and Genera

Forms of watermite

pluralwatermites

Questions about watermite

What is watermite the alternative form of?
Watermite is the alternative form of water mite.

Words near watermite in the dictionary

  1. watermillers
  2. watermilling
  3. watermills
  4. watermint
  5. watermints
  6. watermite
  7. watermites
  8. watermole
  9. watermoles
  10. watermonger
  11. watermongers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watermite (page history and authors); water mite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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