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BRITT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute crustaceans forming food for right whales

Synonyms:

brit; britt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

young fish (a fish that is young)

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