alburn en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin alburnus. Cognate with alburnum and auburn.
Meanings
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The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
It took patience to catch alburns, those hand-sized fish in the Stolpe.
1998, George Grosz, George Grosz: An Autobiography, page 7: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.
1960, Monographiae biologicae: Volume 9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alburns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |