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Noun: mote  mowt
  1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
    "A mote of dust floated in the sunbeam";
    - atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, speck

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Derived forms: motes

Type of: material, stuff

Encyclopedia: Mote, Kelley