brit
9.9
Young small fish like herring that seabirds and larger fish eat
- noun
- Jargon
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fritura
- In early spring, you can find brit swimming close to the shore.
Examples
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During the fishing season, the waters were teeming with brit.
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- You Brits got a name for everything, huh?
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I prefer 19th-century Brit.
Blog text (34) -
The fisherman collected the brit from his net, hoping for a good catch today.
Synonyms
fingerling
vsbrit
5
8.0
A small young fish about the size of a person's finger
focuses on offspring of particular species rather than general small size
7.0
Small young fish that people eat whole, often fried
is the young specifically of herring, sprat, or similar small fish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brit: A helpful way to remember this word is to think of the English word bit ('small piece'); brit also means the tiny young of herring and similar fish that seabirds and bigger fish feed on, so the sense of something very small explains the modern use.