Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water mite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter mite
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any mite of the clade Hydracarina (syn. Hydrachnidia).

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

water mites (plural)

Questions

What does water mite mean?: Any mite of the clade Hydracarina (syn. Hydrachnidia).

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