Alburn

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alburn \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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