[brit] 
| 1. | the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales. |
| 2. | the young of herring and sprat. |
[Seph. breet; Ashk. bris; Eng. bris, brit] | the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth. |
| brit also britt (brĭt) n.
[Perhaps from Cornish brȳthel, mackerel (from Old Cornish breithil, from *breith, speckled) or from Welsh brithyll, trout (from brith, speckled).] |
| Brit (brĭt) n. Informal A British person. |
| Brit person from Great Britain |
brit
any of several species of small, slim schooling fish of the family Atherinidae (order Atheriniformes), found in freshwater and along coasts around the world in warm and temperate regions
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