Alburn

Origin

Latin alburnus, from Latin albus white. Compare auburn.

Full definition of alburn

Noun

1. The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
• 1960, Monographiae biologicae: Volume 9In 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.
• 1998, George Grosz, George Grosz: An Autobiography (page 7)It took patience to catch alburns, those hand-sized fish in the Stolpe.