English Dictionary

brit

/bɹɪt/

noun

One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc. / One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.

I saw a school of brit swimming in the ocean.

意味（1）

One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.

意味（2）

One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.

The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains the small fish, when openmouthed he goes through the seas of brit in feeding time.