Alburn

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:42:35

Al"burn (#), n. [L. alburnus, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Auburn.] Zool.

The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

 

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