Definition for AL'BURN

AL'BURN, n. [L. alburnus, from albus, white.]

A fish called the bleak. It belongs to the order of Abdominals, and the genus Cyprinus. It is five or six inches in length, and esteemed delicious food. Artificial pearls are made of its scales. – Encyc.

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