'Bret' definitions:

Definition of 'Bret'

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  • Bret \Bret\, n. (Zool.) See Birt. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bret'

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  • 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.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bret'

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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. [1913 Webster]

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