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BRIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute crustaceans forming food for right whales

Synonyms:

brit; britt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("brit" is a kind 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The young of a herring or sprat or similar fish

Synonyms:

brit; britt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("brit" is a kind of...):

young fish (a fish that is young)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Great Britain

Synonyms:

Brit; Britisher; Briton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Brit" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Brit"):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

patrial (a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent))

Holonyms ("Brit" is a member of...):

GB; Great Britain (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales)

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