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britt

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–noun, plural (especially collectively) britt, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) britts.
1. a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
2. brit.
Origin:
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brit

  [brit]
–noun
1. the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
2. the young of herring and sprat.
Also, britt.

Origin:
1595–1605; perh. < Cornish brȳthel mackerel; akin to Old Cornish brȳth, Welsh brith speckled
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brit also britt   (brĭt)   
n.  

  1. The young of herring and similar fish.

  2. Minute marine organisms, such as crustaceans of the genus Calanus, that are a major source of food for right whales.


[Perhaps from Cornish brȳthel, mackerel (from Old Cornish breithil, from *breith, speckled) or from Welsh brithyll, trout (from brith, speckled).]
britt   (brĭt)   
n.  Variant of brit.
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