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English word origin

Etymology of birt

From Middle English byrte; compare French bertonneau and English bret, burt.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

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From Middle English byrte; compare French bertonneau and English bret, burt.

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