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BRIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
Synonyms:
brit; britt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brit" 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 ("brit" is a kind of...):
young fish (a fish that is young)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Great Britain
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Brit" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Brit"):
English person (a native or inhabitant of England)
patrial (a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent))
Holonyms ("Brit" is a member of...):
GB; Great Britain (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales)
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