名詞 brit:

1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
   同義詞：Britisher, Briton
2. the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
   同義詞：britt
3. minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
   同義詞：britt

brit 也作 britt

n.（名詞）
The young of herring and similar fish.
幼鯡：年幼的鯡魚和類似的魚
Minute marine organisms, such as crustaceans of the genusCalanus, that are a major source of food for right whales.
哲水蚤：小海生動物，如哲水蚤屬 的甲殼類動物,是露脊鯨食物的主要來源

來源：
Perhaps from Cornish brtthel [mackerel] from Old Cornish breithil from *breith [speckled]
可能源自 康沃爾方言 brtthel [鯖屬魚類] 源自 古凱爾特語 breithil 源自 *breith [布滿斑點的]
or from Welsh brithyll [trout]
或源自 威爾士語 brithyll [鱒魚]
from brith [speckled]
源自 brith [布滿斑點的]