1.  britt(n = noun.animal) brit - the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish;
is a kind of young fish

2.  britt(n = noun.animal) brit - minute crustaceans forming food for right whales;
is a kind of copepod, copepod crustacean

   The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat. [1913 Webster]

1.  the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish. [WordNet 1.5]

2.  minute crustaceans, forming food for right whales. [WordNet 1.5]