brit

Definitions of brit
  1. noun
    the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
    synonyms: britt
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    type of:
    young fish
    a fish that is young
  2. noun
    minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
    synonyms: britt
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    type of:
    copepod, copepod crustacean
    minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
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