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brit

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: brit

1
n
the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
2
n
minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: brit
1

n the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish

Synonyms:
britt
Type of:
young fish
a fish that is young
2

n minute crustaceans forming food for right whales

Synonyms:
britt
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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