Alburn

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.

    "In the total yield of cyprinids, the dominating fish is alburn, […] a small delicate fish which in dense shoals inhabits the pelagial waters of the lake."

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bleakbleak

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"In the total yield of cyprinids, the dominating fish is alburn, […] a small delicate fish which in dense shoals inhabits the pelagial waters of the lake."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin alburnus. Cognate with alburnum and auburn.

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