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Meaning of BRIT

Pronunciation:  breet, brit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
  2. [n]  the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
  3. [n]  a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
 
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 Synonyms: Britisher, Briton, britt
 
 See Also: copepod, copepod crustacean, English person, European, Great Britain, patrial, young fish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Brit\, Britt \Britt\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The young of the common herring; also, a small species
       of herring; the sprat.
   (b) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon
       which the right whales feed.
 
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