brit
1
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
1
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
1
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.