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brit (brit)

plural noun sing. brit

  1. the young of the herring and some other fishes
  2. small sea animals, esp. certain crustaceans, as copepods, eaten by the baleen whales and many fishes

Etymology: Cornish < OCelt brith, varicolored; akin to Cornish bruit, speckled

Brit1 definition

Brit (brit)

adjective

British

noun

Britisher
Brit2 definition

Brit

British

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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