brit

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The young of herring and similar fish.
2. n. Minute marine organisms, such as crustaceans of the genus Calanus, that are a major source of food for right whales.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To break in pieces; divide.
2. To bruise; indent.
3. To fall out or shatter, as overripe hops or grain.
4. To fade away; alter.
5. n. A young herring of the common kind, occurring in large shoals, and formerly classed as a separate species, Clupea minima.
6. n. A general name for animals upon which whales feed, as Clio borealis, etc.; whale-brit.
7. n. An abbreviation of British and Britain.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To break in pieces; divide.
2. v. transitive To bruise; indent.
3. v. intransitive To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
4. v. intransitive, dialectal To fade away; alter.
5. n. One of the young of herrings, sprats etc
6. n. One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
7. n. brit milah

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat.
2. n. The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
2. n. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
3. n. the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish