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brill
/bɹɪl/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
European food fish
Word history
Possibly from Cornish brilli (“mackerel”), from brithelli, plural of brithel (“mackerel”), from brith (“spotted”), from Proto Brythonic *briθ.
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