bret

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bret - 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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  Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith
     streaked, speckled.] (Zool.)
     A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed
     in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill.
     See Bret.
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  Bret \Bret\, n. (Zool.)
     See Birt.
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