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Definition: ALBURN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Alburn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Alburn \Al"burn\, noun. [Latin expression alburnus, from the Latin expression albus white. Compare to Auburn.]. (references)

Definition: ALBURN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ALBURN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Alburn \Al"burn\, noun. [Latin expression alburnus, from the Latin expression albus white. Compare to Auburn.]. (references)