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Meaning of alburn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.

Examples

“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.”
“It took patience to catch⟳ alburns, those hand-sized fish⟳ in the Stolpe.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

alburnum Alburquerque Albury albutannin albuterol albutoin

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