Birt

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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