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brit [ brit ] (plural brits or brit)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. young herring: the young form of some fish including the herring and the sprat

2. whale food: a mass of tiny organisms in the ocean, especially crustaceans, that whalebone whales and some fish feed on

[Early 17th century. Origin ?]
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