3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Birt  \Birt\  (b[~e]rt),  n.  [OE.  byrte;  cf  F.  bertonneau  Cf 
  {Bret},  {Burt}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  fish  of  the  turbot  kind  the  brill.  [Written  also  {burt}, 
  {bret},  or  {brut}.]  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brill  \Brill\,  n.  [Cf.  Corn.  brilli  mackerel,  fr  brith 
  streaked,  speckled.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  fish  allied  to  the  turbot  ({Rhombus  levis}),  much  esteemed 
  in  England  for  food;  --  called  also  {bret},  {pearl},  {prill}. 
  See  {Bret}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bret  \Bret\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  See  {Birt}. 

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