birt

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birt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Birt \Birt\ (b[~e]rt), n. [OE. byrte; cf. F. bertonneau. Cf.
     Bret, Burt.] (Zool.)
     A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also burt,
     bret, or brut.] [Prov. Eng.]
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